Boughton Engineering Limited
Registered name: BOUGHTON ENGINEERING LIMITED
Part of Skan Group Holdings Limited groupBoughton Engineering Limited made £15.1m revenue and £987k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Boughton Engineering Limited’s revenue fell 27% to £15.1m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £987k profit and 87 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other fabricated metal products” and is based in Solihull; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Solihull
- Age
- 27 yrs · since 1999
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £20.5m | £20.7m | £15.1m |
| Cost of sales | £15.1m | £13.5m | £9.7m |
| Gross profit | £5.4m | £7.2m | £5.4m |
| Operating profit | £1.6m | £2.7m | £1.3m |
| Profit before tax | £1.6m | £2.7m | £1.3m |
| Profit after tax | £1.2m | £2.1m | £987k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.2m | £2.1m | £987k |
| Employees (average) | 89 | 92 | 87 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 5.9% | 10% | 6.6% |
| Gross margin | 26.3% | 34.9% | 35.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £230k | £225k | £173k |
| Profit per employee | £13.6k | £22.6k | £11.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲1% | ▼27.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲71.9% | ▼52.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲3.4% | ▼5.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 35.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £173k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £11.3k
- 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
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼5%
- Now 87
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Skan Group Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Boughton Engineering Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (5)
- H.V. Skan LimitedRev. £6.1m · Profit £153k
- Oldbury UK LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Polcrocan LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Skantag LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Xtralec Marketing LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £987k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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