Laser Mechanical & Electrical Ltd
Registered name: LASER MECHANICAL & ELECTRICAL LTD
Part of Laser Mechanical And Electrical Eot Ltd groupLaser Mechanical & Electrical Ltd made £21.1m revenue and £633k profit in the year to 31 Jan 2025.
Laser Mechanical & Electrical Ltd’s revenue fell 11% to £21.1m in the year to 31 Jan 2025, with £633k profit and 72 employees. The company is classified under “plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation” and is based in Maidstone; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Maidstone, South East
- Age
- 15 yrs · since 2011
- 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 Jan 2022 | 31 Jan 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £18.3m | £22.5m | £23.7m | £21.1m |
| Cost of sales | £16.4m | £20.7m | £21.8m | £18.2m |
| Gross profit | £1.9m | £1.8m | £1.9m | £2.9m |
| Profit before tax | £332k | £104k | £102k | £855k |
| Profit after tax | £255k | £69.3k | £70.9k | £633k |
| Profit (best available) | £255k | £69.3k | £70.9k | £633k |
| Staff costs | £2.5m | £3.2m | £3.6m | £3.7m |
| Employees (average) | 57 | 71 | 75 | 72 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.4% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 3% |
| Gross margin | 10.2% | 7.9% | 8% | 13.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £321k | £317k | £316k | £293k |
| Profit per employee | £4.5k | £977 | £945 | £8.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲22.9% | ▲5.5% | ▼11.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼72.8% | ▲2.2% | ▲793.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲24.6% | ▲5.6% | ▼4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.3m | £1.4m | £605k | £1.6m |
| Net assets | £1.4m | £1.4m | £1.4m | £1.7m |
| Fixed assets | £25k | £22.9k | £17.8k | £11.5k |
| Current assets | £4m | £4m | £6m | £6.6m |
| Debtors | £950k | £971k | £1.8m | £920k |
| Cash from operations | −£892k | −£242k | £617k | −£1.3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 13.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £293k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £8.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 4.4%
- 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
- ▲25%
- Now £1.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲170%
- Now £1.6m
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 72
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼36%
- Now £11.5k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Laser Mechanical And Electrical Eot Ltd (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Laser Mechanical & Electrical Ltdthis 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 Jan 2025 (profit £633k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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