Thomas Fawcett & Sons,limited
Registered name: THOMAS FAWCETT & SONS,LIMITED
Thomas Fawcett & Sons,limited made £11.2m revenue and £174k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Thomas Fawcett & Sons,limited’s revenue fell 15% to £11.2m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £174k profit and 61 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other food products”; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 107 yrs · since 1919
- 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 | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £12.7m | £13.1m | £13.2m | £11.2m |
| Operating profit | £493k | £372k | £298k | −£36.1k |
| Profit before tax | £338k | £788k | £526k | £180k |
| Profit after tax | £274k | £596k | £378k | £174k |
| Profit (best available) | £274k | £596k | £378k | £174k |
| Staff costs | £2.8m | £3.4m | £2.9m | £2.9m |
| Employees (average) | 65 | 60 | 61 | 61 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.2% | 4.6% | 2.9% | 1.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £195k | £218k | £217k | £184k |
| Profit per employee | £4.2k | £9.9k | £6.2k | £2.9k |
| Cash conversion | 544.7% | −329.7% | −256.9% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲3% | ▲1.1% | ▼15% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲117.6% | ▼36.6% | ▼53.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼7.7% | ▲1.7% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.3m | £2.6m | £3.2m | £3.3m |
| Net assets | £14.8m | £15.5m | £15.8m | £16m |
| Fixed assets | £5.1m | £5.5m | £5.2m | £5.2m |
| Current assets | £11.1m | £11.1m | £11m | £10.6m |
| Debtors | £2m | £1.8m | £1.6m | £1.4m |
| Cash from operations | £2.7m | −£1.2m | −£766k | −£480k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £184k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 45.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 12.7%
- 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
- ▲2%
- Now £16m
- Cash at bank
- ▲3%
- Now £3.3m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 61
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼2%
- Now £5.2m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £174k), 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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