MDS Engineering (West Midlands) Limited
Registered name: MDS ENGINEERING (WEST MIDLANDS) LIMITED
MDS Engineering (West Midlands) Limited made £235k revenue and £20.6k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
MDS Engineering (West Midlands) Limited’s revenue grew 9% to £235k in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £20.6k profit and 5 employees. The company is classified under “other manufacturing” and is based in Wednesbury; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Wednesbury, West Midlands
- Age
- 19 yrs · since 2007
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £213k | £216k | £235k |
| Cost of sales | £134k | £142k | £166k |
| Gross profit | £79.3k | £73.3k | £68.9k |
| Profit before tax | £25.7k | £20.8k | £20.6k |
| Profit after tax | £25.7k | £20.8k | £20.6k |
| Profit (best available) | £25.7k | £20.8k | £20.6k |
| Employees (average) | 7 | 6 | 5 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 12.1% | 9.6% | 8.8% |
| Gross margin | 37.2% | 34% | 29.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £30.4k | £36k | £47k |
| Profit per employee | £3.7k | £3.5k | £4.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲1.3% | ▲9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼19.2% | ▼0.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼14.3% | ▼16.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £19.9k | £101k | £17.4k |
| Net assets | £227k | £248k | £95.2k |
| Fixed assets | £103k | £103k | £103k |
| Current assets | £243k | £263k | £46.2k |
| Debtors | £163k | £163k | £28.8k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 29.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £47k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 43.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 12.2%
- 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
- ▼62%
- Now £95.2k
- Cash at bank
- ▼83%
- Now £17.4k
- Headcount
- ▼17%
- Now 5
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- Now £103k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £20.6k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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