Orton Electrical Services Limited
Registered name: ORTON ELECTRICAL SERVICES LIMITED
Part of Orton Electrical & Mechanical Group Limited groupOrton Electrical Services Limited made £17.8m revenue and £3.1m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Orton Electrical Services Limited’s revenue grew 38% to £17.8m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £3.1m profit and 84 employees. The company is classified under “electrical installation” and is based in Halesowen; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Halesowen, West Midlands
- Age
- 24 yrs · since 2001
- 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 controlling party is Orton Electrical & Mechanical Group Limited. Its registered office is West Point, Second Floor, Mucklow Office Park, Mucklow Hill, Halesowen, West Midlands, England, ”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £12.9m | £17.8m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £9m | £10.3m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £3.8m | £7.5m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £516k | £3.8m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £497k | £3.8m |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £452k | £3.1m |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £452k | £3.1m |
| Staff costs | — | — | £2.8m | £3.5m |
| Employees (average) | 67 | 69 | 74 | 84 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 3.5% | 17.5% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 29.8% | 41.9% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £174k | £212k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £6.1k | £37.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲38% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲589.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲3% | ▲7.2% | ▲13.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £87.1k | £69.3k | £72.7k | £75.4k |
| Net assets | £661k | £672k | £704k | £850k |
| Fixed assets | — | — | £0 | £5.3k |
| Current assets | £3.4m | £3.4m | £2.6m | £3.1m |
| Debtors | £3.2m | £3.2m | £2.2m | £2.4m |
| Deferred income | — | — | £82.1k | £117k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 17.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 41.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £212k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £37.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.6%
- 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
- ▲21%
- Now £850k
- Cash at bank
- ▲4%
- Now £75.4k
- Headcount
- ▲14%
- Now 84
- Deferred income
- ▲42%
- Now £117k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £5.3k
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
- Orton Electrical & Mechanical Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Orton Electrical Services Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Orton Mechanical Services LimitedRev. £1.7m · Profit £151k
- Orton Maintenance LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Orton Technical Services 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 Mar 2025 (profit £3.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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