Whittaker Engineering (Stonehaven) Limited
Registered name: WHITTAKER ENGINEERING (STONEHAVEN) LIMITED
Part of Whittaker Group Limited groupWhittaker Engineering (Stonehaven) Limited made £14.7m revenue and £371k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Whittaker Engineering (Stonehaven) Limited’s revenue grew 15% to £14.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £371k profit and 136 employees. The company is classified under “machining” and is based in Aberdeen; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Aberdeen, Scotland
- Age
- 35 yrs · since 1991
- 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) | £12.8m | £14.7m |
| Cost of sales | £9m | £9.2m |
| Gross profit | £3.8m | £5.5m |
| Operating profit | −£923k | £685k |
| Profit before tax | −£960k | £633k |
| Profit after tax | −£756k | £371k |
| Profit (best available) | −£756k | £371k |
| Employees (average) | 135 | 136 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −5.9% | 2.5% |
| Gross margin | 29.4% | 37.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £94.8k | £108k |
| Profit per employee | −£5.6k | £2.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲14.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲0.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £928k | £835k |
| Net assets | £10.6m | £11m |
| Fixed assets | £6.4m | £6.4m |
| Debtors | £1.7m | £3m |
| Deferred income | £211k | £322k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 37.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £108k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 43.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 20.2%
- 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
- ▲3%
- Now £11m
- Cash at bank
- ▼10%
- Now £835k
- Headcount
- ▲1%
- Now 136
- Deferred income
- ▲52%
- Now £322k
- Fixed assets
- ▲0%
- Now £6.4m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Whittaker Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Whittaker Engineering (Stonehaven) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Whittaker Marine and Construction 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 £371k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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