Allan J Hargreaves Plant Engineers Limited
Registered name: ALLAN J HARGREAVES PLANT ENGINEERS LIMITED
Part of Hargreaves Engineering Group Limited groupAllan J Hargreaves Plant Engineers Limited made £9m revenue and £461k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Allan J Hargreaves Plant Engineers Limited’s revenue fell 5% to £9m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £461k profit and 79 employees. The company is classified under “repair and maintenance of other transport equipment” and is based in Thornton Cleveleys; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Thornton Cleveleys, North West
- Age
- 21 yrs · since 2005
- 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £6.8m | £8.6m | £9.5m | £9m |
| Cost of sales | £3.3m | £4.1m | £4.9m | £4m |
| Gross profit | £3.5m | £4.4m | £4.7m | £5m |
| Operating profit | £956k | £1.3m | £744k | £487k |
| Profit before tax | £956k | £1.3m | £751k | £509k |
| Profit after tax | £911k | £1.2m | £629k | £461k |
| Profit (best available) | £911k | £1.2m | £629k | £461k |
| Staff costs | — | £2.4m | £3m | £3.6m |
| Employees (average) | 56 | 65 | 75 | 79 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 13.4% | 14.2% | 6.6% | 5.1% |
| Gross margin | 51.7% | 51.6% | 49% | 55.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £121k | £132k | £127k | £114k |
| Profit per employee | £16.3k | £18.7k | £8.4k | £5.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲26% | ▲11.4% | ▼5.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲33.6% | ▼48.3% | ▼26.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲16.1% | ▲15.4% | ▲5.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.7m | £3.4m | £1.9m | £1.5m |
| Net assets | £6m | £7.2m | £7.8m | £8.2m |
| Fixed assets | £2.1m | £2.3m | £2.3m | £2.5m |
| Current assets | £5.2m | £6.3m | £7.9m | £7.9m |
| Debtors | £1.2m | £1.1m | £3.3m | £2.9m |
| Deferred income | — | £0 | £17.4k | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 55.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £114k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 27.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 31.9%
- 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
- ▲6%
- Now £8.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼17%
- Now £1.5m
- Headcount
- ▲5%
- Now 79
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲10%
- Now £2.5m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Hargreaves Engineering Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Allan J Hargreaves Plant Engineers Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £461k), 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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