Ajt Engineering Limited
Registered name: AJT ENGINEERING LIMITED
Part of Camellia Public Limited Company groupAjt Engineering Limited made £21.5m revenue and £691k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Ajt Engineering Limited’s revenue grew 10% to £21.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £691k profit and 124 employees. The company is classified under “machining” and is based in Aberdeen; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Aberdeen, Scotland
- Age
- 77 yrs · since 1948
- 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 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £19.5m | £21.5m |
| Cost of sales | £14.2m | £12.8m |
| Gross profit | £5.4m | £8.7m |
| Operating profit | −£140k | £1m |
| Profit before tax | −£325k | £691k |
| Profit after tax | −£325k | £691k |
| Profit (best available) | −£325k | £691k |
| Staff costs | £6.8m | £7.7m |
| Employees (average) | 114 | 124 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −1.7% | 3.2% |
| Gross margin | 27.5% | 40.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £171k | £173k |
| Profit per employee | −£2.8k | £5.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲10% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲8.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £1.3m | £2.7m |
| Net assets | £305k | £4.9m |
| Fixed assets | £6.6m | £6.1m |
| Current assets | £5.9m | £7.8m |
| Debtors | £2.2m | £2.4m |
| Deferred income | £472k | £672k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 40.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £173k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 28.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11.1%
- 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
- ▲1523%
- Now £4.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲113%
- Now £2.7m
- Headcount
- ▲9%
- Now 124
- Deferred income
- ▲43%
- Now £672k
- Fixed assets
- ▼8%
- Now £6.1m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Camellia Public Limited Companyultimate parent75–100%
- Linton Park Public Limited Company75–100%
- Eastern Produce Investments Limited75–100%
- Bordure Limited75–100%
- Associated Fisheries Limited75–100%
- Ajt Engineering Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (5)
- Associated Fisheries (Europe) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- B.u.t.engineers(Grimsby)limitedFigures not disclosed
- British United Trawlers LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Hellyer Bros LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Humber - St.andrew's Engineering Company 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 2025 (profit £691k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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