Rac Engineering Services Ltd
Registered name: RAC ENGINEERING SERVICES LTD
Rac Engineering Services Ltd made £16.6m revenue and £357k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2024.
Rac Engineering Services Ltd’s revenue grew 6% to £16.6m in the year to 30 Sep 2024, with £357k profit and 14 employees. The company is classified under “construction of commercial buildings” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 6 yrs · since 2020
- 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 | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £12.6m | £15.7m | £16.6m |
| Cost of sales | £11.1m | £13.7m | £14.5m |
| Gross profit | £1.5m | £2m | £2.1m |
| Operating profit | £511k | £709k | £479k |
| Profit before tax | £511k | £709k | £480k |
| Profit after tax | £415k | £550k | £357k |
| Profit (best available) | £415k | £550k | £357k |
| Staff costs | £691k | £854k | £972k |
| Employees (average) | 10 | 12 | 14 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 3.3% | 3.5% | 2.1% |
| Gross margin | 11.6% | 13.1% | 12.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.3m | £1.3m | £1.2m |
| Profit per employee | £41.5k | £45.9k | £25.5k |
| Cash conversion | 38.5% | 89.6% | 47.7% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲25.1% | ▲6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲32.7% | ▼35.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲20% | ▲16.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £587k | £1.2m | £1.5m |
| Net assets | £656k | £1.2m | £1.6m |
| Fixed assets | — | £1.2k | £803 |
| Current assets | £10.1m | £13.4m | £16.5m |
| Debtors | £4.5m | £6.7m | £10.7m |
| Deferred income | £1m | £380k | £951k |
| Cash from operations | £197k | £636k | £228k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 12.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.2m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £25.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 47.7%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 5.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 64.2%
- 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
- ▲30%
- Now £1.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲19%
- Now £1.5m
- Headcount
- ▲17%
- Now 14
- Deferred income
- ▲150%
- Now £951k
- Fixed assets
- ▼35%
- Now £803
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2024 (profit £357k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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