A.p. Faulkner (Heating) Limited
Registered name: A.P. FAULKNER (HEATING) LIMITED
A.p. Faulkner (Heating) Limited made £12.1m revenue and £115k profit in the year to 30 Jun 2024. read from filing text
A.p. Faulkner (Heating) Limited’s revenue grew 2% to £12.1m in the year to 30 Jun 2024, with £115k profit and 60 employees. The company is classified under “plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation” and is based in Northampton; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Liquidation
- Location
- Northampton, East Midlands
- Age
- 62 yrs · since 1964
- 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 | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £13.7m | £11.8m | £12.1m |
| Cost of sales | £11m | £9.3m | £9.6m |
| Gross profit | £2.7m | £2.5m | £2.5m |
| Operating profit | £213k | £152k | £132k |
| Profit before tax | £194k | £142k | £141k |
| Profit after tax | £194k | £142k | £115k |
| Profit (best available) | £194k | £142k | £115k |
| Staff costs | £2.8m | £2.7m | £2.8m |
| Employees (average) | 63 | 60 | 60 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 1.4% | 1.2% | 0.9% |
| Gross margin | 19.7% | 21.2% | 20.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £217k | £197k | £202k |
| Profit per employee | £3.1k | £2.4k | £1.9k |
| Cash conversion | −257.3% | 326.5% | −115.4% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼13.4% | ▲2.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼26.8% | ▼19.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4.8% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £2.2m | £1.3m | £1.4m |
| Net assets | £1.1m | £1.3m | £1.4m |
| Fixed assets | £174k | £134k | £163k |
| Current assets | £4.5m | £3.5m | £3.9m |
| Debtors | £1.9m | £1.9m | £2m |
| Deferred income | £176k | £71k | £50.2k |
| Cash from operations | −£548k | £496k | −£152k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 20.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £202k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −115.4%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 16.6%
- 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
- ▲9%
- Now £1.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲1%
- Now £1.4m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 60
- Deferred income
- ▼29%
- Now £50.2k
- Fixed assets
- ▲22%
- Now £163k
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 Jun 2024 (profit £115k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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