Fibreline Limited
Registered name: FIBRELINE LIMITED
Part of FLD Limited groupFibreline Limited made £21.7m revenue and £1.1m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2026. read from filing text
Fibreline Limited’s revenue fell 10% to £21.7m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with £1.1m profit and 248 employees. The company is classified under “other manufacturing” and is based in Keighley; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Keighley, Yorkshire and The Humber
- 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. From the filing: “The ultimate controlling party is Mr R N Prudhoe, by virtue of his shareholding in the parent company (FLD Limited).”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £20.4m | £23.3m | £24.1m | £24m | £21.7m |
| Cost of sales | £16.3m | £19.2m | £17.9m | £18.5m | £17.1m |
| Gross profit | £4.1m | £4.1m | £6.2m | £5.6m | £4.6m |
| Operating profit | £2m | £1.7m | £2.6m | £1.8m | £1.2m |
| Profit before tax | £2m | £1.6m | £2.6m | £1.8m | £1.3m |
| Profit after tax | £1.6m | £1.2m | £1.9m | £1.3m | £1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.6m | £1.2m | £1.9m | £1.3m | £1.1m |
| Staff costs | £5.3m | £6.4m | £7.3m | £7.6m | £7.7m |
| Employees (average) | 231 | 244 | 245 | 251 | 248 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 7.6% | 5.1% | 8.1% | 5.4% | 5.1% |
| Gross margin | 20.1% | 17.6% | 25.8% | 23.1% | 21.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £88.4k | £95.4k | £98.2k | £95.8k | £87.5k |
| Profit per employee | £6.8k | £4.9k | £8k | £5.1k | £4.4k |
| Cash conversion | −72.9% | −99.1% | −164.4% | 48% | −226% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲14% | ▲3.4% | ▼0.1% | ▼9.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼23.9% | ▲63.8% | ▼33.8% | ▼14.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5.6% | ▲0.4% | ▲2.5% | ▼1.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £3.5m | £3.6m | £5.8m | £4.1m | £5m |
| Net assets | £4.4m | £4.9m | £6.2m | £7.2m | £7.6m |
| Fixed assets | £2.2m | £2.2m | £2.3m | £2.5m | £2.7m |
| Current assets | £8.4m | £9.3m | £10.9m | £10.9m | £9.8m |
| Debtors | £4m | £4.7m | £4.4m | £4.8m | £3.8m |
| Deferred income | £156k | £140k | £126k | £114k | £102k |
| Cash from operations | −£1.5m | −£1.7m | −£4.2m | £848k | −£2.7m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 21.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £87.5k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −226%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 12.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 17.6%
- 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
- ▲5%
- Now £7.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲23%
- Now £5m
- Headcount
- ▼1%
- Now 248
- Deferred income
- ▼10%
- Now £102k
- Fixed assets
- ▲9%
- Now £2.7m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- FLD Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Fibreline Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2026 (profit £1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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