Propulsion Technologies Limited
Registered name: PROPULSION TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
Part of Abu Dhabi Government groupPropulsion Technologies Limited made £14.9m revenue and a £1.8m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Propulsion Technologies Limited’s revenue fell 21% to £14.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £1.8m and 46 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other parts and accessories for motor vehicles” and is based in Woking; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Woking, South East
- Age
- 10 yrs · since 2016
- 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 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £18.9m | £14.9m |
| Cost of sales | £15.6m | £13.6m |
| Gross profit | £3.3m | £1.3m |
| Operating profit | £3m | −£1.6m |
| Profit after tax | £3.7m | −£1.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.7m | −£1.8m |
| Staff costs | £2.4m | £2.3m |
| Employees (average) | 43 | 46 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 19.4% | −12.1% |
| Gross margin | 17.4% | 8.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £439k | £324k |
| Profit per employee | £85.2k | −£39.3k |
| Cash conversion | −117.5% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼21% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼149.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £10k | £10k |
| Net assets | −£5.8m | −£7.6m |
| Current assets | £17.8m | £11.2m |
| Debtors | £3.2m | £6.1m |
| Cash from operations | −£3.5m | £3.7m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −12.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 8.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £324k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£39.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 40.8%
- 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
- —
- Now −£7.6m
- Cash at bank
- 0%
- Now £10k
- Headcount
- ▲7%
- Now 46
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Abu Dhabi Government (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- McLaren Group Holdings Limited75–100%
- McLaren Automotive Holdings Limited75–100%
- Propulsion Technologies Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- McLaren Automotive LimitedFigures not disclosed
- McLaren Finance PLCFigures not disclosed
- McLaren Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
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 2024 (profit −£1.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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