Bovill & Boyd (Engineering) Limited
Registered name: BOVILL & BOYD (ENGINEERING) LIMITED
Part of British Gaskets Limited groupBovill & 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.
- 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.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Nov 2022 | 30 Nov 2023 | 30 Nov 2024 | 30 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full 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) | 14 | 14 | 15 | 13 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5% | 1.2% | 8.4% | 9.5% |
| Gross margin | 50% | 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 |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
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.
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
Group structure
Ownership chain
- British Gaskets Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Bovill & Boyd (Engineering) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- British Seals & Rubber Mouldings 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 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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