Morris Engineering Limited
Registered name: MORRIS ENGINEERING LIMITED
Part of Morris Engineering Holdings Limited groupMorris Engineering Limited made £6.2m revenue and £378k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
Morris Engineering Limited’s revenue grew 26% to £6.2m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £378k profit and 56 employees. The company is classified under “other engineering activities” and is based in Plympton; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Plympton, South West
- Age
- 27 yrs · since 1999
- 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: “Morris Engineering New Holdco Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £4.9m | £6.2m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £3.7m | £4.3m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £1.2m | £1.9m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £217k | £615k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £135k | £504k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £118k | £378k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £118k | £378k |
| Employees (average) | 61 | 55 | 53 | 56 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 2.4% | 6.1% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 24.3% | 30.6% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £93.1k | £111k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £2.2k | £6.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲26.3% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲221.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼9.8% | ▼3.6% | ▲5.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.2m | £879k | £48.7k | £29k |
| Net assets | £4.2m | £4.2m | £3.3m | — |
| Fixed assets | £3m | £2.7m | £2.8m | £3.3m |
| Debtors | £1.2m | £1m | £1.3m | £1.6m |
| Deferred income | — | — | £15.8k | £311k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FilletedAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 30.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £111k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 52.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 25%
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- ▼40%
- Now £29k
- Headcount
- ▲6%
- Now 56
- Deferred income
- ▲1875%
- Now £311k
- Fixed assets
- ▲18%
- Now £3.3m
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
- Morris Engineering Holdings Limited (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Morris Engineering 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 30 Apr 2025 (profit £378k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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