Festo Limited
Registered name: FESTO LIMITED
Festo Limited made £45.8m revenue and £2.2m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2023.
Festo Limited’s revenue grew 1% to £45.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2023, with £2.2m profit and 107 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of fluid power equipment” and is based in Northampton; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Northampton, East Midlands
- Age
- 58 yrs · since 1968
- 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 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £45.4m | £45.8m |
| Cost of sales | £29.4m | £28.7m |
| Gross profit | £16m | £17.1m |
| Operating profit | £2.2m | £3m |
| Profit before tax | £2.2m | £2.9m |
| Profit after tax | £1.7m | £2.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.7m | £2.2m |
| Employees (average) | 112 | 107 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 3.8% | 4.9% |
| Gross margin | 35.3% | 37.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £406k | £428k |
| Profit per employee | £15.3k | £20.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲0.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲30% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £3.7m | £3.4m |
| Net assets | £7.1m | £6.4m |
| Fixed assets | £1.8m | £1.9m |
| Current assets | £10.7m | £12.3m |
| Debtors | £5.3m | £7m |
| Deferred income | £1.5m | £2.8m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 37.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £428k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £20.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 6.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 15.2%
- 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
- ▼11%
- Now £6.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼7%
- Now £3.4m
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 107
- Deferred income
- ▲90%
- Now £2.8m
- Fixed assets
- ▲7%
- Now £1.9m
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 Dec 2023 (profit £2.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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