Clyde Associated Engineers, Limited
Registered name: CLYDE ASSOCIATED ENGINEERS, LIMITED
Clyde Associated Engineers, Limited made £11.6m revenue and £149k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Clyde Associated Engineers, Limited’s revenue fell 1% to £11.6m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £149k profit and 70 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other fabricated metal products” and is based in Clydebank; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Clydebank, Scotland
- Age
- 74 yrs · since 1952
- 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 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £11.7m | £11.6m |
| Cost of sales | — | £7.6m | £7m |
| Gross profit | — | £4.1m | £4.6m |
| Operating profit | — | £459k | £274k |
| Profit before tax | — | £411k | £203k |
| Profit after tax | — | £306k | £149k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £306k | £149k |
| Staff costs | — | £2.9m | £3.5m |
| Employees (average) | 44 | 58 | 70 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | 2.6% | 1.3% |
| Gross margin | — | 35% | 39.8% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £202k | £166k |
| Profit per employee | — | £5.3k | £2.1k |
| Cash conversion | — | −80.5% | −260.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼1.2% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼51.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲31.8% | ▲20.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £820 | £820 | £820 |
| Net assets | £985k | £1.2m | £1.2m |
| Fixed assets | £508k | £563k | £1m |
| Current assets | £3.4m | £3.9m | £3.4m |
| Debtors | £2.7m | £2.9m | £2.3m |
| Cash from operations | — | −£369k | −£714k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 39.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £166k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −260.5%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 20%
- 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
- ▲1%
- Now £1.2m
- Cash at bank
- 0%
- Now £820
- Headcount
- ▲21%
- Now 70
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲85%
- Now £1m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £149k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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