Crossfold Electrical Wholesalers Limited
Registered name: CROSSFOLD ELECTRICAL WHOLESALERS LIMITED
Part of Marlowe Holdings Limited groupCrossfold Electrical Wholesalers Limited made £32.6m revenue and £3.6m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Crossfold Electrical Wholesalers Limited’s revenue grew 19% to £32.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £3.6m profit and 43 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of radio, television goods & electrical household appliances (other than records, tapes, cd's & video tapes and the equipment used for playing them)” and is based in Loughton; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Loughton, London
- Age
- 44 yrs · since 1982
- 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 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £12.7m | £18.2m | £27.5m | £32.6m |
| Cost of sales | £10m | £13.9m | £20.3m | £24.4m |
| Gross profit | £2.7m | £4.3m | £7.1m | £8.2m |
| Operating profit | £1.2m | £2.4m | £4.1m | £4.6m |
| Profit before tax | £1.2m | £2.4m | £4.2m | £4.8m |
| Profit after tax | £948k | £1.9m | £3.2m | £3.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £948k | £1.9m | £3.2m | £3.6m |
| Staff costs | £999k | £1.3m | £2m | £2.3m |
| Employees (average) | 27 | 30 | 39 | 43 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 7.5% | 10.5% | 11.6% | 10.9% |
| Gross margin | 21.4% | 23.6% | 26% | 25.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £471k | £607k | £704k | £758k |
| Profit per employee | £35.1k | £63.8k | £81.8k | £82.8k |
| Cash conversion | −141.2% | −41.2% | −124.8% | −75.2% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲43.2% | — | ▲18.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲101.9% | — | ▲11.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲11.1% | — | ▲10.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.1m | £967k | £5.3m | £6.5m |
| Net assets | £2.8m | £4.8m | £8.9m | £11.2m |
| Fixed assets | £231k | £1.2m | £1.2m | £1.2m |
| Current assets | £5.4m | £7.1m | £12.7m | £17m |
| Debtors | £2.4m | £3.4m | £3.9m | £5.6m |
| Deferred income | £423k | £605k | £1m | £1m |
| Cash from operations | −£1.7m | −£975k | −£5.1m | −£3.4m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 10.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 25.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £758k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £82.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −75.2%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.1%
- 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
- ▲25%
- Now £11.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲22%
- Now £6.5m
- Headcount
- ▲10%
- Now 43
- Deferred income
- ▼1%
- Now £1m
- Fixed assets
- ▲1%
- Now £1.2m
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
- Marlowe Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Marlowe Holdings Investments Limited75–100%
- Crossfold Electrical Wholesalers Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (25)
- Templegate Electrical Supplies LimitedRev. £33.6m · Profit £1.9m
- R.& B.star(Electrical Wholesalers)limitedRev. £18.1m · Profit −£389k
- Bennett & Fountain LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Cheshire Electrical Supplies LtdFigures not disclosed
- Edmundson Electrical LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Edmundson Export LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Electric Center LimitedFigures not disclosed
- G a Nicholas LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Kew (Electrical Distributors) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Knutsford Properties LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Lockwell Electrical Distributors LtdFigures not disclosed
- Marlowe DC Pension Trustees LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Marlowe Holdings Life Assurance Trustees LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Marlowe Investments LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Model Business LtdFigures not disclosed
- Power Wholesale LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Shop4all LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Specialist Instrument Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Specialist Lamp Distributors LimitedFigures not disclosed
- T.S. Industrial Products LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The British Central Electrical Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Tradesparky LimitedFigures not disclosed
- UK Plumbing Supplies LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Vink Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Western Electrical Holding LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £3.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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