Lancaster Fastener Company Limited
Registered name: LANCASTER FASTENER COMPANY LIMITED
Part of Trifast PLC groupLancaster Fastener Company Limited made £6k revenue and £769 profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Lancaster Fastener Company Limited’s revenue fell 4% to £6k in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £769 profit and 25 employees. The company is classified under “agents specialized in the sale of other particular products” and is based in Morecambe; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Morecambe, North West
- Age
- 46 yrs · since 1980
- 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 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £6.2k | £6k |
| Cost of sales | £4k | £3.9k |
| Gross profit | £2.2k | £2.1k |
| Operating profit | £1.1k | £839 |
| Profit before tax | £1.1k | £802 |
| Profit after tax | £1.1k | £769 |
| Profit (best available) | £1.1k | £769 |
| Employees (average) | 29 | 25 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 16.8% | 12.8% |
| Gross margin | 35.9% | 34.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £215 | £240 |
| Profit per employee | £36 | £31 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼26.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼13.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £600 | £491 |
| Net assets | £6.5k | £5.6k |
| Fixed assets | £1.8k | £1.6k |
| Current assets | £7k | £6.1k |
| Debtors | £875 | £1k |
| Deferred income | £125 | £211 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 12.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 34.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £240
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £31
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 26.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 17.3%
- 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
- ▼14%
- Now £5.6k
- Cash at bank
- ▼18%
- Now £491
- Headcount
- ▼14%
- Now 25
- Deferred income
- ▲69%
- Now £211
- Fixed assets
- ▼11%
- Now £1.6k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Trifast PLCultimate parent75–100%
- Trifast Overseas Holdings Limited75–100%
- Lancaster Fastener Company Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- T.R. Fastenings LimitedRev. £53.2k · Profit £415
- Precision Technology Supplies LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £769), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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