Kaby Engineers Limited
Registered name: KABY ENGINEERS LIMITED
Kaby Engineers Limited made £13.8m revenue and £84.4k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Kaby Engineers Limited’s revenue fell 22% to £13.8m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £84.4k profit and 115 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of tubes, pipes, hollow profiles and related fittings, of steel” and is based in Leicester; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Leicester, East Midlands
- Age
- 51 yrs · since 1975
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £20.5m | £17.7m | £13.8m |
| Cost of sales | £15.6m | £12.8m | £9.4m |
| Gross profit | £4.9m | £4.9m | £4.4m |
| Operating profit | £404k | £424k | £442k |
| Profit before tax | £67.6k | £45.5k | — |
| Profit after tax | £67.6k | £45.5k | £84.4k |
| Profit (best available) | £67.6k | £45.5k | £84.4k |
| Staff costs | — | £4.8m | £3.9m |
| Employees (average) | 164 | 149 | 115 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.6% |
| Gross margin | 24% | 27.6% | 32% |
| Revenue per employee | £125k | £118k | £120k |
| Profit per employee | £412 | £305 | £734 |
| Cash conversion | — | −128.4% | −120.7% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼13.7% | ▼22% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼32.8% | ▲85.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼9.2% | ▼22.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £441k | £106k | £732k |
| Net assets | £3.2m | £3.3m | £3.4m |
| Fixed assets | £5.3m | £5.1m | £5m |
| Current assets | £6.3m | £4.9m | £3.9m |
| Debtors | £2.4m | £1.6m | £1.1m |
| Deferred income | £121k | £83.5k | £94.1k |
| Cash from operations | — | −£545k | −£534k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 32%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £120k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £734
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −120.7%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 36.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7.8%
- 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 £3.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲587%
- Now £732k
- Headcount
- ▼23%
- Now 115
- Deferred income
- ▲13%
- Now £94.1k
- Fixed assets
- ▼3%
- Now £5m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £84.4k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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