Harlaxton Engineering Services Limited
Registered name: HARLAXTON ENGINEERING SERVICES LIMITED
Part of Harlaxton Holdings Limited groupHarlaxton Engineering Services Limited made £17.6m revenue and £1.9m profit in the year to 31 May 2025. read from filing text
Harlaxton Engineering Services Limited’s revenue grew 41% to £17.6m in the year to 31 May 2025, with £1.9m profit and 81 employees. The company is classified under “construction of other civil engineering projects” and is based in Grantham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Grantham, East Midlands
- Age
- 28 yrs · since 1998
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently. From the filing: “The parent company of”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 May 2022 | 31 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 | 31 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £15m | £18.5m | £12.5m | £17.6m |
| Cost of sales | £8.9m | £13m | £10.2m | £11.8m |
| Gross profit | £6.1m | £5.4m | £2.3m | £5.8m |
| Operating profit | £1.9m | £1.5m | −£1.5m | £2.3m |
| Profit before tax | £1.9m | £1.6m | −£1.4m | £2.5m |
| Profit after tax | £1.6m | £1.4m | −£1.4m | £1.9m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.6m | £1.4m | −£1.4m | £1.9m |
| Staff costs | £3.8m | £3.8m | £3.6m | £4m |
| Employees (average) | 91 | 82 | 84 | 81 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 11% | 7.8% | −11.5% | 10.8% |
| Gross margin | 40.5% | 29.4% | 18.6% | 32.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £164k | £225k | £149k | £217k |
| Profit per employee | £18.1k | £17.6k | −£17.1k | £23.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲23.3% | ▼32.2% | ▲40.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼12.4% | ▼199.8% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼9.9% | ▲2.4% | ▼3.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £8.7m | £4.9m | £4.1m | £7.3m |
| Net assets | £3.6m | £4m | £2.1m | £2.5m |
| Current assets | £17.6m | £15.7m | £14.6m | £17.2m |
| Debtors | £2.6m | £2m | £3.6m | £2.1m |
| Deferred income | £12.4m | £9.5m | £13.2m | £11.3m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 10.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 32.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £217k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £23.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 64.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11.9%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- ▲19%
- Now £2.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲77%
- Now £7.3m
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 81
- Deferred income
- ▼14%
- Now £11.3m
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Harlaxton Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Harlaxton Engineering Services Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (6)
- Harlaxton Energy Networks LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Harlaxton Gas Networks LtdFigures not disclosed
- Harlaxton Plant Hire LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Harlaxton Properties LtdFigures not disclosed
- Harlaxton Water Works LtdFigures not disclosed
- Perma-Soil UK LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 May 2025 (profit £1.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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