Blueprint Design Engineering Limited
Registered name: BLUEPRINT DESIGN ENGINEERING LIMITED
Part of Aion Group S.R.L. groupBlueprint Design Engineering Limited made £23.7m revenue and £6.3m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Blueprint Design Engineering Limited’s revenue fell 25% to £23.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £6.3m profit and 52 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of electronic measuring, testing etc. equipment, not for industrial process control” and is based in Ulverston; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Ulverston, North West
- Age
- 20 yrs · since 2006
- 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 | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £16.2m | £20.8m | £31.5m | £23.7m |
| Cost of sales | £7.4m | £9.8m | £14.2m | £11.2m |
| Gross profit | £8.8m | £11.1m | £17.3m | £12.4m |
| Operating profit | £6.7m | £8.1m | £12.2m | £8.2m |
| Profit before tax | £6.7m | £8.1m | £12.3m | £8.2m |
| Profit after tax | £5.6m | £6.6m | £9.2m | £6.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £5.6m | £6.6m | £9.2m | £6.3m |
| Staff costs | £1.5m | £1.8m | £2.6m | £2.6m |
| Employees (average) | 33 | 40 | 43 | 52 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 34.4% | 31.7% | 29.1% | 26.6% |
| Gross margin | 54.5% | 53.2% | 54.9% | 52.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £492k | £521k | £732k | £455k |
| Profit per employee | £169k | £165k | £213k | £121k |
| Cash conversion | −90.4% | −54.1% | −103.8% | −69.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲28.5% | — | ▼24.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲18.4% | — | ▼31.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲21.2% | — | ▲20.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £4.1m | £6m | £4.8m | £8.1m |
| Net assets | £6.9m | £13.5m | £15.6m | £20m |
| Fixed assets | £124k | £606k | £726k | £476k |
| Current assets | £10.1m | £14.9m | £20.7m | £22.3m |
| Debtors | £2m | £3.7m | £3.2m | £2.9m |
| Cash from operations | −£6.1m | −£4.4m | −£12.7m | −£5.7m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 26.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 52.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £455k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £121k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −69.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 12.3%
- 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
- ▲28%
- Now £20m
- Cash at bank
- ▲67%
- Now £8.1m
- Headcount
- ▲21%
- Now 52
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼34%
- Now £476k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Aion Group S.R.L. (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Blueprint Design 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 31 Dec 2025 (profit £6.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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