Promec Engineering Ltd
Registered name: PROMEC ENGINEERING LTD
Promec Engineering Ltd made £13.8m revenue and a £313k loss in the year to 31 Oct 2025. read from filing text
Promec Engineering Ltd’s revenue grew 12% to £13.8m in the year to 31 Oct 2025, with a loss of £313k and 77 employees. The company is classified under “construction of utility projects for fluids” and is based in Chepstow; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chepstow, Wales
- Age
- 17 yrs · since 2008
- 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 Oct 2022 | 31 Oct 2023 | 31 Oct 2024 | 31 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £12.3m | £13.8m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £9.5m | £11.1m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £2.8m | £2.7m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £632k | −£458k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £621k | −£474k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £418k | −£313k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £418k | −£313k |
| Staff costs | — | — | £3.6m | £4.5m |
| Employees (average) | 26 | 41 | 66 | 77 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 3.4% | −2.3% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 23.1% | 19.6% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £186k | £179k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £6.3k | −£4.1k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | −233% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲11.8% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼175% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲57.7% | ▲61% | ▲16.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £414k | £311k | £1.1m | £419k |
| Net assets | £402k | £662k | £954k | £162k |
| Fixed assets | £265k | £345k | £709k | £496k |
| Current assets | £1.3m | £1.6m | £2.9m | £2.6m |
| Debtors | £619k | £744k | £783k | £755k |
| Deferred income | — | — | £347k | £157k |
| Cash from operations | — | — | −£1.5m | −£39.4k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −2.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 19.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £179k
- 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
- 3.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 5.5%
- 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
- ▼83%
- Now £162k
- Cash at bank
- ▼61%
- Now £419k
- Headcount
- ▲17%
- Now 77
- Deferred income
- ▼55%
- Now £157k
- Fixed assets
- ▼30%
- Now £496k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Oct 2025 (profit −£313k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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