Halsall Mechanical Limited
Registered name: HALSALL MECHANICAL LIMITED
Part of Halsall Holdings Limited groupHalsall Mechanical Limited made £18.2m revenue and £154k profit in the year to 31 Oct 2024.
Halsall Mechanical Limited’s revenue fell 21% to £18.2m in the year to 31 Oct 2024, with £154k profit and 39 employees. The company is classified under “installation of industrial machinery and equipment” and is based in Cannock; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cannock, West Midlands
- Age
- 22 yrs · since 2004
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Oct 2022 | 31 Oct 2023 | 31 Oct 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £24m | £23m | £18.2m |
| Cost of sales | £21.2m | £20.6m | £16.7m |
| Gross profit | £2.8m | £2.5m | £1.5m |
| Operating profit | — | £1.1m | £212k |
| Profit before tax | £1.2m | £1.1m | £212k |
| Profit after tax | £954k | £848k | £154k |
| Profit (best available) | £954k | £848k | £154k |
| Staff costs | £2.8m | £2.7m | £2.7m |
| Employees (average) | 36 | 40 | 39 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 4% | 3.7% | 0.9% |
| Gross margin | 11.7% | 10.7% | 8.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £667k | £576k | £465k |
| Profit per employee | £26.5k | £21.2k | £3.9k |
| Cash conversion | — | −52.7% | −125.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼4% | ▼21.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼11.1% | ▼81.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲11.1% | ▼2.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1.3m | £788k | £326k |
| Net assets | £1.4m | £1.5m | £1.7m |
| Fixed assets | £273k | £269k | £176k |
| Current assets | £9.8m | £6.8m | £5.3m |
| Debtors | £6.1m | £4.4m | £4.2m |
| Cash from operations | −£1.5m | −£582k | −£267k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 8.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £465k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −125.8%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 23.1%
- 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
- ▲10%
- Now £1.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼59%
- Now £326k
- Headcount
- ▼3%
- Now 39
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼34%
- Now £176k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Halsall Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Halsall Mechanical 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 Oct 2024 (profit £154k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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