Express Engineering (Fabrications) Limited
Registered name: EXPRESS ENGINEERING (FABRICATIONS) LIMITED
Part of Express Engineering Group Holdings Limited groupExpress Engineering (Fabrications) Limited made £9.2m revenue and £878k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Express Engineering (Fabrications) Limited’s revenue was £9.2m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £878k profit and 54 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other fabricated metal products” and is based in Gateshead; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Gateshead, North East
- Age
- 3 yrs · since 2023
- 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 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.4m | £9.2m | £9.2m |
| Cost of sales | −£880k | −£5.1m | −£6m |
| Gross profit | £565k | £4.1m | £3.2m |
| Operating profit | £44.3k | £1.9m | £1.1m |
| Profit before tax | £44.3k | £1.9m | £1.1m |
| Profit after tax | £31.9k | £1.4m | £878k |
| Profit (best available) | £31.9k | £1.4m | £878k |
| Employees (average) | 40 | 45 | 54 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 2.2% | 15.1% | 9.5% |
| Gross margin | 39.1% | 44.5% | 34.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £36.1k | £205k | £171k |
| Profit per employee | £799 | £30.8k | £16.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲0.1% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼36.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▲20% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 9.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 34.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £171k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £16.3k
- 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
- —
- 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 —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲20%
- Now 54
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Express Engineering Group Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Express Engineering (Group) Limited75–100%
- Express Engineering (Holdings) Limited75–100%
- Express Engineering (Fabrications) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Express Engineering (Aerospace) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Express Engineering (Gateshead) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Express Engineering (Industrial Products) LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £878k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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