Engineering Services Skillcard Ltd
Registered name: ENGINEERING SERVICES SKILLCARD LTD
Part of B&esa Limited groupEngineering Services Skillcard Ltd made £606k revenue and a £46.7k loss in the year to 28 Feb 2026.
Engineering Services Skillcard Ltd’s revenue fell 8% to £606k in the year to 28 Feb 2026, with a loss of £46.7k and 0 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in Penrith; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Penrith
- Age
- 25 yrs · since 2001
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 28 Feb 2024 | 28 Feb 2025 | 28 Feb 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £493k | £659k | £606k |
| Cost of sales | −£18.5k | −£23k | £21.2k |
| Gross profit | £475k | £636k | £584k |
| Operating profit | £52k | £205k | −£62.2k |
| Profit before tax | £52k | £205k | — |
| Profit after tax | £39k | £154k | −£46.7k |
| Profit (best available) | £39k | £154k | −£46.7k |
| Employees (average) | — | — | 0 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 7.9% | 23.3% | −7.7% |
| Gross margin | 96.3% | 96.5% | 96.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲33.6% | ▼8.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲293.4% | ▼130.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | — | — | £15k |
| Net assets | — | — | £238k |
| Fixed assets | — | — | £17.2k |
| Current assets | — | — | £237k |
| Debtors | — | — | £222k |
| Deferred income | — | — | £9.5k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −7.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 96.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 36.7%
- 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 £238k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £15k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £9.5k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £17.2k
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
- B&esa Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Engineering Services Skillcard Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (8)
- Welplan LimitedRev. £1.9m · Profit £360k
- Besa LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Building and Engineering Services Association LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Building Engineering Services Competence Assessment LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Building Engineering Services Training LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Piper Assessment LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Piper Training LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
- Refcom LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 28 Feb 2026 (profit −£46.7k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 17 Oct 2026
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