Colefax and Fowler Limited
Registered name: COLEFAX AND FOWLER LIMITED
Part of Colefax Group PLC groupColefax and Fowler Limited made £61.1m revenue and £1.9m profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
Colefax and Fowler Limited’s revenue grew 3% to £61.1m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £1.9m profit and 142 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of textiles” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London
- Age
- 44 yrs · since 1982
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £57.8m | £59.6m | £61.1m |
| Cost of sales | −£32.4m | −£32.3m | −£32.3m |
| Gross profit | £25.4m | £27.3m | £28.8m |
| Operating profit | £2.4m | £3.2m | £3.1m |
| Profit before tax | £2.1m | £2.9m | £2.6m |
| Profit after tax | £1.7m | £2.2m | £1.9m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.7m | £2.2m | £1.9m |
| Employees (average) | 143 | 146 | 142 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 2.9% | 3.6% | 3.1% |
| Gross margin | 43.9% | 45.8% | 47.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £404k | £408k | £430k |
| Profit per employee | £11.6k | £14.9k | £13.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲3.1% | ▲2.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲30.7% | ▼13% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2.1% | ▼2.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 47.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £430k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £13.3k
- 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
- ▼3%
- Now 142
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Colefax Group PLCultimate parent75–100%
- Colefax and Fowler Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (5)
- Colefax and Fowler Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Jane Churchill LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Kingcome Sofas LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Manuel Canovas LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sibyl Colefax and John Fowler LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £1.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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