Fagan & Whalley Limited
Registered name: FAGAN & WHALLEY LIMITED
Part of Fagan & Whalley Holdings Limited groupFagan & Whalley Limited made £35.7m revenue and a £971k loss in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
Fagan & Whalley Limited’s revenue grew 3% to £35.7m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with a loss of £971k and 336 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Padiham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Padiham, North West
- Age
- 85 yrs · since 1941
- 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 | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £30.9m | £34.2m | £34.7m | £35.7m |
| Cost of sales | £23.6m | £25.5m | £25.7m | −£26.7m |
| Gross profit | £7.4m | £8.7m | £9.1m | £8.9m |
| Operating profit | £594k | £1.4m | £881k | £529k |
| Profit before tax | £468k | £1.1m | £529k | −£930k |
| Profit after tax | £1m | £393k | £733k | −£971k |
| Profit (best available) | £1m | £393k | £733k | −£971k |
| Staff costs | £12.5m | £13.6m | £13.9m | — |
| Employees (average) | 326 | 336 | 339 | 336 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.3% | 1.1% | 2.1% | −2.7% |
| Gross margin | 23.8% | 25.6% | 26.1% | 25% |
| Revenue per employee | £94.9k | £102k | £102k | £106k |
| Profit per employee | £3.1k | £1.2k | £2.2k | −£2.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲10.6% | ▲1.5% | ▲2.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼61.5% | ▲86.5% | ▼232.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲3.1% | ▲0.9% | ▼0.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £373k | £621k | £190k | — |
| Net assets | £10.1m | £10.1m | £9.6m | — |
| Fixed assets | £15.7m | £14.9m | £14m | — |
| Current assets | £9.5m | £9.5m | £9.6m | — |
| Debtors | £6.3m | £5.8m | £6.6m | — |
| Deferred income | £989k | £1m | £961k | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −2.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 25%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £106k
- 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
- —
- 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
- ▼1%
- Now 336
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Fagan & Whalley Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Fagan & Whalley Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- RGM Lions LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit −£971k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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