Friedman's Limited
Registered name: FRIEDMAN'S LIMITED
Part of Ceps PLC. groupFriedman's Limited made £4.4m revenue and £148k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Friedman's Limited’s revenue fell 10% to £4.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £148k profit and 18 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of textiles” and is based in Altrincham; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Altrincham, North West
- Age
- 62 yrs · since 1964
- 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 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £5.1m | £4.9m | £4.4m |
| Cost of sales | −£2.6m | −£2.8m | −£2.5m |
| Gross profit | £2.5m | £2.1m | £2m |
| Operating profit | £584k | £231k | £109k |
| Profit before tax | £617k | £259k | £135k |
| Profit after tax | £488k | £262k | £148k |
| Profit (best available) | £488k | £262k | £148k |
| Employees (average) | 18 | 18 | 18 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 9.5% | 5.3% | 3.3% |
| Gross margin | 48.6% | 43.1% | 44.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £285k | £273k | £247k |
| Profit per employee | £27.1k | £14.6k | £8.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼4.1% | ▼9.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼46.3% | ▼43.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 44.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £247k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £8.2k
- 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
- 0%
- Now 18
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Ceps PLC.ultimate parent50–75%
- Signature Fabrics Holdings Limited75–100%
- Signature Fabrics Limited75–100%
- Friedman's Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Milano International Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £148k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 12 Oct 2026
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