Fineline Var Ltd
Registered name: FINELINE VAR LTD
Fineline Var Ltd made £19.9m revenue and £579k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Fineline Var Ltd’s revenue grew 6% to £19.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £579k profit and 37 employees. The company is classified under “other manufacturing” and is based in Harrogate; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Harrogate, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 45 yrs · since 1981
- 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 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £19.1m | £18.8m | £19.9m |
| Cost of sales | −£14.5m | −£14.2m | −£15.4m |
| Gross profit | £4.7m | £4.6m | £4.5m |
| Operating profit | £2m | £1.8m | £913k |
| Profit before tax | £2m | £1.9m | £927k |
| Profit after tax | £1.4m | £1.3m | £579k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.4m | £1.3m | £579k |
| Employees (average) | 37 | 32 | 37 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 7.6% | 6.7% | 2.9% |
| Gross margin | 24.4% | 24.4% | 22.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £517k | £587k | £539k |
| Profit per employee | £39.2k | £39.4k | £15.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼1.8% | ▲6.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼13% | ▼54.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼13.5% | ▲15.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 22.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £539k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £15.6k
- 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
- —
- 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
- ▲16%
- Now 37
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £579k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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