Phoenox Textiles Limited
Registered name: PHOENOX TEXTILES LIMITED
Phoenox Textiles Limited made £20.9m revenue and £1.8m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Phoenox Textiles Limited’s revenue grew 3% to £20.9m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £1.8m profit and 154 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other carpets and rugs” and is based in Huddersfield; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Huddersfield, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 72 yrs · since 1954
- 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 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) | £22.4m | £19.5m | £20.3m | £20.9m |
| Cost of sales | £13m | £10.5m | £10.9m | £11.9m |
| Gross profit | £9.4m | £9m | £9.4m | £9m |
| Operating profit | £3.6m | £2.6m | £2.7m | £2m |
| Profit before tax | £3.7m | £2.6m | £3m | £2.2m |
| Profit after tax | £3m | £2.8m | £2.4m | £1.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £3m | £2.8m | £2.4m | £1.8m |
| Staff costs | — | £4.7m | £5.3m | £5.2m |
| Employees (average) | 183 | 173 | 165 | 154 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 13.3% | 14.4% | 11.7% | 8.8% |
| Gross margin | 41.9% | 46.2% | 46.2% | 43.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £123k | £113k | £123k | £136k |
| Profit per employee | £16.3k | £16.2k | £14.4k | £11.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼13.1% | ▲4.3% | ▲2.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼5.9% | ▼15.3% | ▼22.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼5.5% | ▼4.6% | ▼6.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £7.7m | £5.8m | £5.5m | £4.5m |
| Net assets | £22.1m | £23.2m | £23.5m | £23.5m |
| Fixed assets | £13.7m | £13.5m | £13.8m | £15.3m |
| Current assets | £16.5m | £16.9m | £16.3m | £15.1m |
| Debtors | £2.7m | £2.9m | £2.5m | £2.6m |
| Deferred income | £252k | £410k | £847k | £1.3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 43.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £136k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £11.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 73.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 6.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 12.6%
- 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 £23.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼19%
- Now £4.5m
- Headcount
- ▼7%
- Now 154
- Deferred income
- ▲52%
- Now £1.3m
- Fixed assets
- ▲12%
- Now £15.3m
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 Mar 2025 (profit £1.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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