Fishpools Limited
Registered name: FISHPOOLS LIMITED
Part of Fishpools Holdings Limited groupFishpools Limited made £26.6m revenue and £75.6k profit in the year to 1 Feb 2026. read from filing text
Fishpools Limited’s revenue fell 1% to £26.6m in the year to 1 Feb 2026, with £75.6k profit and 145 employees. The company is classified under “retail of furniture, lighting, and similar (not musical instruments or scores) in specialised store” and is based in Herts; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Herts, East of England
- Age
- 91 yrs · since 1935
- 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 | 29 Jan 2023 | 28 Jan 2024 | 2 Feb 2025 | 1 Feb 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £34.1m | £29.1m | £27m | £26.6m |
| Cost of sales | £19.1m | £15.4m | £14m | £13.6m |
| Gross profit | £15m | £13.7m | £13m | £13m |
| Operating profit | £598k | −£457k | −£564k | −£433k |
| Profit before tax | £779k | £45k | £231k | £199k |
| Profit after tax | £580k | −£12.7k | £121k | £75.6k |
| Profit (best available) | £580k | −£12.7k | £121k | £75.6k |
| Staff costs | — | £7.1m | £6.8m | £6.6m |
| Employees (average) | 193 | 174 | 156 | 145 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.7% | 0% | 0.4% | 0.3% |
| Gross margin | 43.9% | 47.1% | 48% | 48.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £177k | £167k | £173k | £184k |
| Profit per employee | £3k | −£73 | £772 | £521 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼14.6% | ▼7.3% | ▼1.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼102.2% | — | ▼37.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼9.8% | ▼10.3% | ▼7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £14.1m | £14.9m | £15.4m | £17.1m |
| Net assets | £17.1m | £17.1m | £17.2m | £17.3m |
| Fixed assets | £10.3m | £10.2m | £10.1m | £9.9m |
| Current assets | £19.6m | £20m | £20.1m | £21.8m |
| Debtors | £299k | £147k | £128k | £218k |
| Deferred income | £1.2m | £914k | £1.1m | £1.3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 48.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £184k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £521
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 37.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.8%
- 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
- ▲0%
- Now £17.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲11%
- Now £17.1m
- Headcount
- ▼7%
- Now 145
- Deferred income
- ▲20%
- Now £1.3m
- Fixed assets
- ▼2%
- Now £9.9m
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
- Fishpools Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Fishpools Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Fishpools (Finance) LimitedRev. £229k · Profit £26.1k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 1 Feb 2026 (profit £75.6k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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