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Company No. SC101914 · Incorporated 18 Nov 1986

Bovill & Boyd (Engineering) Limited

Registered name: BOVILL & BOYD (ENGINEERING) LIMITED

Part of British Gaskets Limited group

Bovill & Boyd (Engineering) Limited made £2.6m revenue and £250k profit in the year to 30 Nov 2025.

Bovill & Boyd (Engineering) Limited’s revenue fell 6% to £2.6m in the year to 30 Nov 2025, with £250k profit and 13 employees. The company is classified under “non-specialised wholesale trade” and is based in East Kilbride; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection G · Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehiclesSIC 46900Non-specialised wholesale trade
Status
Active
Location
East Kilbride, Scotland
Age
39 yrs · since 1986
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. From the filing: “The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of British Gaskets Limited whose registered office and principal place of business is 7 Brundon Lane, Sudbury, Suffolk CO10 1XR.”

Latest accounts · year to 30 Nov 2025

Key figures

Capital-light
Revenue
£2.6m
Growth ▼5.7%
Profit
£250k
Growth ▲7%
Profit margin
9.5%
Gross 53.1%
Employees
13
Change ▼13.3%
Profit / employee
£19.2k
Revenue/employee £202k
Profitable streak
4yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to30 Nov 202230 Nov 202330 Nov 202430 Nov 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£3.2m£2.7m£2.8m£2.6m
Cost of sales£1.6m£1.3m£1.3m£1.2m
Gross profit£1.6m£1.4m£1.5m£1.4m
Operating profit£292k−£22k£232k£150k
Profit before tax£216k£36k£270k£306k
Profit after tax£160k£32.6k£234k£250k
Profit (best available)£160k£32.6k£234k£250k
Employees (average)14141513
Ratios
Profit margin5%1.2%8.4%9.5%
Gross margin50%51.2%53.9%53.1%
Revenue per employee£228k£192k£186k£202k
Profit per employee£11.4k£2.3k£15.6k£19.2k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▼15.8%▲3.8%▼5.7%
Profit growth—▼79.6%▲616.4%▲7%
Headcount growth—0%▲7.1%▼13.3%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£1.9m£1.8m£2m£2.3m
Net assets£2.7m£2.8m£3m£3.2m
Fixed assets£263k£272k£231k£249k
Current assets£3.8m£3.7m£3.5m£3.8m
Debtors£645k£478k£381k£387k
SourceAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024Accounts · bulk data Aug 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
9.5%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
53.1%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£202k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£19.2k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
9.5%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
—
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
14.7%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▲8%
Now £3.2m
Cash at bank
▲11%
Now £2.3m
Headcount
▼13%
Now 13
Deferred income
—
Now —
Fixed assets
▲8%
Now £249k
Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. British Gaskets Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Bovill & Boyd (Engineering) Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Sister companies (1)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Nov 2025 (profit £250k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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