Fyfes Vehicle and Engineering Supplies Ltd
Registered name: FYFES VEHICLE AND ENGINEERING SUPPLIES LTD
Fyfes Vehicle and Engineering Supplies Ltd made £34.4m revenue and £4.3m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Fyfes Vehicle and Engineering Supplies Ltd’s revenue grew 5% to £34.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £4.3m profit and 253 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of machine tools” and is based in Co. Antrim; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland
- Age
- 26 yrs · since 2000
- 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 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £30.9m | £32.8m | £34.4m |
| Cost of sales | −£17.7m | −£18m | −£18.3m |
| Gross profit | £13.1m | £14.8m | £16.1m |
| Operating profit | £4.8m | £5.5m | £5.5m |
| Profit before tax | £4.9m | £5.9m | £5.8m |
| Profit after tax | £3.7m | £4.4m | £4.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.7m | £4.4m | £4.3m |
| Employees (average) | 221 | 243 | 253 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 12.1% | 13.5% | 12.6% |
| Gross margin | 42.6% | 45.1% | 46.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £140k | £135k | £136k |
| Profit per employee | £16.9k | £18.2k | £17.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲6.1% | ▲5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲18.5% | ▼2.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲10% | ▲4.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 12.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 46.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £136k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £17.1k
- 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
- ▲4%
- Now 253
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £4.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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