C W Fletcher & Sons Limited
Registered name: C W FLETCHER & SONS LIMITED
C W Fletcher & Sons Limited made £26.7m revenue and £1.3m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
C W Fletcher & Sons Limited’s revenue grew 25% to £26.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.3m profit and 146 employees. The company is classified under “other manufacturing” and is based in Sheffield; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Sheffield, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 118 yrs · since 1908
- 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 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £14m | £16.8m | £21.4m | £26.7m |
| Cost of sales | £12.1m | £14m | £18.4m | £22.3m |
| Gross profit | £1.9m | £2.8m | £3m | £4.4m |
| Operating profit | £509k | £1.1m | £1m | £1.9m |
| Profit before tax | £690k | £990k | £772k | £1.8m |
| Profit after tax | £553k | £742k | £453k | £1.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £553k | £742k | £453k | £1.3m |
| Staff costs | £4.6m | £5.1m | £6m | £6.9m |
| Employees (average) | 105 | 113 | 127 | 146 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4% | 4.4% | 2.1% | 4.9% |
| Gross margin | 13.8% | 16.7% | 14.2% | 16.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £133k | £149k | £168k | £183k |
| Profit per employee | £5.3k | £6.6k | £3.6k | £9k |
| Cash conversion | −122% | −133.5% | −13.4% | −169.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲20.1% | ▲27.2% | ▲24.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲34.3% | ▼39% | ▲189.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7.6% | ▲12.4% | ▲15% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.4m | £2.4m | £2.5m | £3.8m |
| Net assets | £11.7m | £12.5m | £13.3m | £14.6m |
| Fixed assets | £7.2m | £8m | £8m | £7.8m |
| Current assets | £10.9m | £10.9m | £12.8m | £13.6m |
| Debtors | £1.9m | £1.2m | £3.3m | £1.9m |
| Deferred income | £782k | £535k | £961k | £1.1m |
| Cash from operations | −£621k | −£1.5m | −£138k | −£3.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 16.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £183k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −169.9%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 29.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7%
- 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
- ▲10%
- Now £14.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲53%
- Now £3.8m
- Headcount
- ▲15%
- Now 146
- Deferred income
- ▲16%
- Now £1.1m
- Fixed assets
- ▼3%
- Now £7.8m
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 Dec 2025 (profit £1.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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