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Company No. 01486701 · Incorporated 20 Mar 1980

Furniss and White (Foundries) Limited

Registered name: FURNISS AND WHITE (FOUNDRIES) LIMITED

Furniss and White (Foundries) Limited made £10.8m revenue and £118k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text

Furniss and White (Foundries) Limited’s revenue fell 5% to £10.8m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £118k profit and 117 employees. The company is classified under “casting of steel” and is based in Sheffield; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection C · ManufacturingSIC 24520Casting of steel
Status
Active
Location
Sheffield, Yorkshire and The Humber
Age
46 yrs · since 1980
Type
Private Limited Company
Latest accounts · year to 31 Mar 2025

Key figures

IndependentCash flow filed
Revenue
£10.8m
Growth ▼5.4%
Profit
£118k
Growth ▼83%
Profit margin
1.1%
Gross 26%
Employees
117
Change ▼3.3%
Profit / employee
£1k
Revenue/employee £92.3k
Profitable streak
4yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Mar 202231 Mar 202331 Mar 202431 Mar 2025
DisclosureFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£8.9m£10.9m£11.4m£10.8m
Cost of sales£5.9m£7.7m£8m£8m
Gross profit£3m£3.2m£3.4m£2.8m
Operating profit£1.1m£1.1m£809k£127k
Profit before tax£1.1m£1.1m£831k£171k
Profit after tax£1.1m£988k£693k£118k
Profit (best available)£1.1m£988k£693k£118k
Staff costs£3.4m£3.3m£4.1m£4.2m
Employees (average)103104121117
Ratios
Profit margin12.2%9.1%6.1%1.1%
Gross margin33.8%29.5%29.9%26%
Revenue per employee£86.2k£105k£94.3k£92.3k
Profit per employee£10.5k£9.5k£5.7k£1k
Cash conversion−48.1%−91%−75.9%−849.5%
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲22.8%▲4.7%▼5.4%
Profit growth—▼8.6%▼29.8%▼83%
Headcount growth—▲1%▲16.4%▼3.3%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£2.1m£2m£1.7m£2.1m
Net assets£6m£6.1m£6.2m£5.9m
Fixed assets£1.4m£1.5m£1.6m£1.6m
Current assets£8.3m£7.3m£6.6m£6m
Debtors£3.8m£3.1m£3.3m£2.8m
Deferred income£86.8k£75.2k£282k£88.8k
Cash from operations−£527k−£981k−£614k−£1.1m
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
1.1%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
26%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£92.3k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£1k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
−849.5%
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
14.6%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
0.8%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
26.1%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▼5%
Now £5.9m
Cash at bank
▲25%
Now £2.1m
Headcount
▼3%
Now 117
Deferred income
▼69%
Now £88.8k
Fixed assets
▼2%
Now £1.6m

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 £118k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026

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