F S Mackenzie Limited
Registered name: F S MACKENZIE LIMITED
F S Mackenzie Limited made £16.8m revenue and £387k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
F S Mackenzie Limited’s revenue grew 10% to £16.8m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £387k profit and 51 employees. The company is classified under “other transportation support activities” and is based in Basildon; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Basildon, East of England
- Age
- 56 yrs · since 1970
- 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&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £28.3m | £23.1m | £15.3m | £16.8m |
| Cost of sales | £24.2m | £18.9m | £11.8m | £13.2m |
| Gross profit | £4.2m | £4.2m | £3.5m | £3.6m |
| Operating profit | £1.2m | £704k | £323k | £415k |
| Profit before tax | £1.1m | £693k | £311k | £448k |
| Profit after tax | £924k | £568k | £159k | £387k |
| Profit (best available) | £924k | £568k | £159k | £387k |
| Staff costs | £2.3m | £2.7m | £2.6m | £2.7m |
| Employees (average) | 49 | 53 | 52 | 51 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.3% | 2.5% | 1% | 2.3% |
| Gross margin | 14.7% | 18.4% | 23% | 21.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £578k | £436k | £294k | £329k |
| Profit per employee | £18.9k | £10.7k | £3k | £7.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼18.4% | ▼33.9% | ▲9.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼38.5% | ▼72.1% | ▲143.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲8.2% | ▼1.9% | ▼1.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3.7m | £3m | £2.3m | £3m |
| Net assets | £2.9m | £3.5m | £3.6m | £4m |
| Current assets | £7.5m | £5.4m | £4.7m | £5.1m |
| Debtors | £3m | £1.9m | £1.9m | £1.7m |
| Deferred income | £2.2m | £1.4m | £1m | £781k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 21.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £329k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.6k
- 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
- 4.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10.1%
- 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 £4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲29%
- Now £3m
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 51
- Deferred income
- ▼22%
- Now £781k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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 £387k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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