Farid Hillend Engineering Limited
Registered name: FARID HILLEND ENGINEERING LIMITED
Part of Farid UK Limited groupFarid Hillend Engineering Limited made £46.8m revenue and £3.1m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Farid Hillend Engineering Limited’s revenue grew 31% to £46.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £3.1m profit and 189 employees. The company is classified under “other manufacturing” and is based in Dunfermline; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Dunfermline, Scotland
- Age
- 53 yrs · since 1973
- 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) | £35.8m | £46.8m |
| Cost of sales | £30m | £38.1m |
| Gross profit | £5.8m | £8.8m |
| Profit before tax | £2.1m | £4.3m |
| Profit after tax | £1.5m | £3.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.5m | £3.1m |
| Staff costs | £7.4m | £8.5m |
| Employees (average) | 171 | 189 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 4.2% | 6.7% |
| Gross margin | 16.3% | 18.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £209k | £248k |
| Profit per employee | £8.8k | £16.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲30.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲107.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲10.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £683k | £3.3m |
| Net assets | £5m | £8.1m |
| Fixed assets | £987k | £740k |
| Current assets | £16.8m | £23.3m |
| Debtors | £5.4m | £3.5m |
| Deferred income | £1.1m | £891k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 18.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £248k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £16.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7.5%
- 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
- ▲62%
- Now £8.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲388%
- Now £3.3m
- Headcount
- ▲11%
- Now 189
- Deferred income
- ▼21%
- Now £891k
- Fixed assets
- ▼25%
- Now £740k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Farid UK Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Farid Hillend Engineering Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
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 £3.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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