Beckhoff Automation Limited
Registered name: BECKHOFF AUTOMATION LIMITED
Part of Ba Atlas Gmbh groupBeckhoff Automation Limited made £15.2m revenue and £693k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Beckhoff Automation Limited’s revenue fell 1% to £15.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £693k profit and 50 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of electronic industrial process control equipment” and is based in Henley on Thames; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Henley on Thames, South East
- 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 ultimate parent company is Elektra I GmbH, a company registered in Germany. Elektra I GmbH prepares group accounts and copies can be obtained from Hulshorstweg 20, 33415 Verl, HR B 7386, Germany. ”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £14.2m | £20.6m | £15.3m | £15.2m |
| Cost of sales | £9.2m | £13.3m | £8m | £7m |
| Gross profit | £5m | £7.3m | £7.3m | £8.2m |
| Operating profit | £797k | £1.2m | £751k | £846k |
| Profit before tax | £810k | £1.2m | £818k | £923k |
| Profit after tax | £650k | £917k | £611k | £693k |
| Profit (best available) | £650k | £917k | £611k | £693k |
| Staff costs | £3.5m | £4m | £4.5m | £4.7m |
| Employees (average) | 41 | 44 | 48 | 50 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4.6% | 4.5% | 4% | 4.6% |
| Gross margin | 35.3% | 35.3% | 47.9% | 53.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £346k | £468k | £320k | £304k |
| Profit per employee | £15.9k | £20.8k | £12.7k | £13.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲45.1% | ▼25.5% | ▼0.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲41.1% | ▼33.4% | ▲13.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7.3% | ▲9.1% | ▲4.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.1m | £3.5m | £2.5m | £4.4m |
| Net assets | £2.4m | £3.3m | £4m | £4.6m |
| Fixed assets | £403k | £461k | £681k | £1.2m |
| Current assets | £6m | £8.7m | £5.2m | £6.8m |
| Debtors | £2.6m | £3.7m | £1.9m | £2m |
| Deferred income | £279k | £150k | £148k | £750k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 53.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £304k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £13.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 7.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 12.8%
- 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
- ▲18%
- Now £4.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲77%
- Now £4.4m
- Headcount
- ▲4%
- Now 50
- Deferred income
- ▲406%
- Now £750k
- Fixed assets
- ▲76%
- Now £1.2m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Ba Atlas Gmbh (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Beckhoff Automation Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £693k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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