Daniel Ross (Engineers) Limited
Registered name: DANIEL ROSS (ENGINEERS) LIMITED
Daniel Ross (Engineers) Limited made £23.2m revenue and £444k profit in the year to 28 Feb 2025.
Daniel Ross (Engineers) Limited’s revenue grew 4% to £23.2m in the year to 28 Feb 2025, with £444k profit and 40 employees. The company is classified under “repair and maintenance of other transport equipment”; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Scotland
- Age
- 73 yrs · since 1953
- 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 | 28 Feb 2022 | 28 Feb 2023 | 29 Feb 2024 | 28 Feb 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £12.7m | £18.9m | £22.2m | £23.2m |
| Cost of sales | £11.2m | £16.9m | £19.7m | £20.3m |
| Gross profit | £1.5m | £2.1m | £2.6m | £2.9m |
| Operating profit | £206k | £1.2m | £453k | £745k |
| Profit before tax | £190k | £1.1m | £257k | £590k |
| Profit after tax | £140k | £1m | £193k | £444k |
| Profit (best available) | £140k | £1m | £193k | £444k |
| Staff costs | £689k | £946k | £1m | £1m |
| Employees (average) | 29 | 37 | 46 | 40 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.1% | 5.5% | 0.9% | 1.9% |
| Gross margin | 11.9% | 10.8% | 11.6% | 12.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £438k | £512k | £484k | £579k |
| Profit per employee | £4.8k | £27.9k | £4.2k | £11.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲49% | ▲17.5% | ▲4.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲640.4% | ▼81.3% | ▲130.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲27.6% | ▲24.3% | ▼13% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £766k | £979k | £648k | £754k |
| Net assets | £2.8m | £3.8m | £4m | £4.5m |
| Fixed assets | £795k | £325k | £533k | £646k |
| Current assets | £5.2m | £10.6m | £11.3m | £9.1m |
| Debtors | £649k | £1.6m | £1.1m | £1.2m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 12.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £579k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £11.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 5.1%
- 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
- ▲11%
- Now £4.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲16%
- Now £754k
- Headcount
- ▼13%
- Now 40
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲21%
- Now £646k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 28 Feb 2025 (profit £444k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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