Dustacco Engineering Limited
Registered name: DUSTACCO ENGINEERING LIMITED
Part of Dustacco Group Limited groupDustacco Engineering Limited made £10.6m revenue and £143k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Dustacco Engineering Limited’s revenue grew 21% to £10.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £143k profit and 83 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other fabricated metal products” and is based in Ayrshire; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Ayrshire, Scotland
- Age
- 60 yrs · since 1966
- 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 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £8.8m | £10.6m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £5.8m | £7.1m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £3m | £3.5m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £455k | £86.9k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £459k | £90.6k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £327k | £143k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £327k | £143k |
| Staff costs | — | — | £3.7m | £4.5m |
| Employees (average) | 60 | 63 | 70 | 83 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 3.7% | 1.4% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 34% | 33.3% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £125k | £128k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £4.7k | £1.7k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | −228.8% | −1087% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲21% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼56.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5% | ▲11.1% | ▲18.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £943k | £569k | £1.5m | £2.2m |
| Net assets | £2.2m | £2.2m | £2.5m | £2.6m |
| Fixed assets | £628k | £625k | £704k | £884k |
| Current assets | £2.2m | £2.3m | £5.2m | £4.5m |
| Debtors | £370k | £742k | £2.8m | £1.3m |
| Cash from operations | — | — | −£1m | −£945k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 33.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £128k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −1087%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 8.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 12.2%
- 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
- ▲6%
- Now £2.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲48%
- Now £2.2m
- Headcount
- ▲19%
- Now 83
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲25%
- Now £884k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Dustacco Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Dustacco Engineering Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- D H Moses LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Watermiser Newmilns 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 £143k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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