Express Engineering (Group) Limited
Registered name: EXPRESS ENGINEERING (GROUP) LIMITED
Part of Express Engineering Group Holdings Limited groupExpress Engineering (Group) Limited made £60.1m revenue and £4.8m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Express Engineering (Group) Limited’s revenue grew 21% to £60.1m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £4.8m profit and 330 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Gateshead; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Gateshead, North East
- Age
- 13 yrs · since 2013
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £33.7m | £49.8m | £60.1m |
| Cost of sales | −£25.2m | −£33.1m | −£39.6m |
| Gross profit | £8.5m | £16.6m | £20.4m |
| Operating profit | −£2.5m | £3.7m | £6.9m |
| Profit before tax | −£2.7m | £3.4m | £6.7m |
| Profit after tax | −£2.3m | £2.8m | £4.8m |
| Profit (best available) | −£2.3m | £2.8m | £4.8m |
| Employees (average) | 265 | 300 | 330 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −6.9% | 5.6% | 8% |
| Gross margin | 25.3% | 33.4% | 34% |
| Revenue per employee | £127k | £166k | £182k |
| Profit per employee | −£8.7k | £9.3k | £14.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲47.6% | ▲20.7% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲73.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲13.2% | ▲10% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 34%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £182k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £14.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲10%
- Now 330
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Express Engineering Group Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Express Engineering (Group) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Express Engineering (Holdings) LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £4.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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