Farmiloe & Farmiloe (W.B.S.) Limited
Registered name: FARMILOE & FARMILOE (W.B.S.) LIMITED
Part of George Farmiloe & Sons Trading Limited groupFarmiloe & Farmiloe (W.B.S.) Limited made £12.1m revenue and £171k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Farmiloe & Farmiloe (W.B.S.) Limited’s revenue grew 6% to £12.1m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £171k profit and 45 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of wood, construction materials and sanitary equipment” and is based in Fleet; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Fleet, South East
- Age
- 66 yrs · since 1960
- 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 | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £12.1m | £12.1m | £11.4m | £12.1m |
| Cost of sales | £8.5m | £8.5m | £8.1m | £8.6m |
| Gross profit | £3.6m | £3.6m | £3.3m | £3.4m |
| Operating profit | £280k | £392k | £244k | £180k |
| Profit before tax | £245k | £364k | £210k | £125k |
| Profit after tax | £201k | £352k | £152k | £171k |
| Profit (best available) | £201k | £352k | £152k | £171k |
| Staff costs | £2.2m | £1.9m | £1.8m | £1.8m |
| Employees (average) | 38 | 42 | 41 | 45 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.7% | 2.9% | 1.3% | 1.4% |
| Gross margin | 29.7% | 29.7% | 29.3% | 28.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £319k | £289k | £278k | £268k |
| Profit per employee | £5.3k | £8.4k | £3.7k | £3.8k |
| Cash conversion | −162.3% | 14% | −144.2% | −64.6% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼0.1% | ▼5.8% | ▲5.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲75.2% | ▼56.7% | ▲12% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲10.5% | ▼2.4% | ▲9.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.5m | £197k | £382k | £123k |
| Net assets | £2.5m | £2.9m | £3m | £3.2m |
| Fixed assets | £166k | £181k | £191k | £101k |
| Current assets | £6.2m | £5m | £5.6m | £5.9m |
| Debtors | £2.4m | £1.8m | £1.7m | £1.7m |
| Deferred income | £660k | £412k | £265k | £355k |
| Cash from operations | −£455k | £54.8k | −£352k | −£116k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 28.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £268k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −64.6%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.9%
- 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
- ▲6%
- Now £3.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼68%
- Now £123k
- Headcount
- ▲10%
- Now 45
- Deferred income
- ▲34%
- Now £355k
- Fixed assets
- ▼47%
- Now £101k
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
- George Farmiloe & Sons Trading Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Farmiloe & Farmiloe (W.B.S.) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- 34 ST John LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £171k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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