F. Parkinson Limited
Registered name: F. PARKINSON LIMITED
F. Parkinson Limited made £29m revenue and £942k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025. read from filing text
F. Parkinson Limited’s revenue fell 8% to £29m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £942k profit and 70 employees. The company is classified under “construction of commercial buildings” and is based in Blackpool; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Blackpool, North West
- Age
- 78 yrs · since 1947
- 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. From the filing: “The”
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&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) | £24.8m | £22.6m | £31.5m | £29m |
| Cost of sales | £23.2m | £20.6m | £28.5m | £25.3m |
| Gross profit | £1.6m | £2m | £3m | £3.7m |
| Operating profit | £277k | £638k | £626k | £1.1m |
| Profit before tax | £61.4k | £338k | £652k | £1.2m |
| Profit after tax | £17.1k | £240k | £481k | £942k |
| Profit (best available) | £17.1k | £240k | £481k | £942k |
| Staff costs | £2.9m | £3m | £4.3m | £4.9m |
| Employees (average) | 72 | 69 | 70 | 70 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.1% | 1.1% | 1.5% | 3.3% |
| Gross margin | 6.5% | 8.8% | 9.4% | 12.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £344k | £328k | £450k | £414k |
| Profit per employee | £238 | £3.5k | £6.9k | £13.5k |
| Cash conversion | −153.7% | −367.5% | −232.3% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼8.6% | ▲39.2% | ▼8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲1302% | ▲100.4% | ▲95.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4.2% | ▲1.5% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.1m | £3.6m | £4.1m | £3.1m |
| Net assets | £625k | £635k | £659k | £948k |
| Fixed assets | £1.6m | £1.6m | £1.5m | £15.8k |
| Current assets | £7.4m | £8.9m | £10.2m | £8.4m |
| Debtors | £3.4m | £4.5m | £4.7m | £4.1m |
| Deferred income | £4.6m | £6.1m | £6.7m | £5.5m |
| Cash from operations | −£425k | −£2.3m | −£1.5m | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 12.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £414k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £13.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 19.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14.1%
- 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
- ▲44%
- Now £948k
- Cash at bank
- ▼24%
- Now £3.1m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 70
- Deferred income
- ▼18%
- Now £5.5m
- Fixed assets
- ▼99%
- Now £15.8k
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 30 Sep 2025 (profit £942k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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