Mpe Limited
Registered name: MPE LIMITED
Part of Esco Technologies Inc groupMpe Limited made £11.6m revenue and £3.1m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Mpe Limited’s revenue grew 82% to £11.6m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £3.1m profit and 72 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other electrical equipment” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 29 yrs · since 1996
- 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 immediate Parent Company is Esco UK Global Holdings Ltd , a Company incorporated in England and Wales, by virtue of holding 100% of the share capital. The Company's registered number is 11470875 a”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jan 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £6.4m | £11.6m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £3.3m | £5.6m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £3.1m | £6m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £2.6m | £4.1m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £2.6m | £4.1m |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £2m | £3.1m |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £2m | £3.1m |
| Staff costs | — | — | £1.9m | £3.1m |
| Employees (average) | 57 | 58 | 67 | 72 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 30.8% | 26.4% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 48.4% | 51.8% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £95.3k | £162k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £29.3k | £42.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲82.2% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲56.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.8% | — | ▲7.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £586k | £544k | £2.4m | £4m |
| Net assets | £1.5m | £2.4m | £4.3m | £7.4m |
| Fixed assets | £313k | £1.1m | £1.2m | £1.9m |
| Current assets | £2.5m | £2.3m | £4.4m | £8.5m |
| Debtors | £1.2m | £850k | £1m | £2.9m |
| Deferred income | £162k | £83.5k | £192k | £497k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 26.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 51.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £162k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £42.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 16%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 24.9%
- 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
- ▲71%
- Now £7.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲66%
- Now £4m
- Headcount
- ▲7%
- Now 72
- Deferred income
- ▲159%
- Now £497k
- Fixed assets
- ▲55%
- Now £1.9m
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
- Esco Technologies Inc (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Esco UK Global Holdings Ltd75–100%
- Mpe Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Doble Powertest LimitedRev. — · Profit £1.3m
- Esco Maritime Solutions Ltd.Figures not disclosed
- Esco UK Holding Company I LtdFigures 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 Sep 2025 (profit £3.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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