Fulham Timber Merchants Limited
Registered name: FULHAM TIMBER MERCHANTS LIMITED
Fulham Timber Merchants Limited made £12.4m revenue and a £682k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Fulham Timber Merchants Limited’s revenue fell 10% to £12.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £682k and 66 employees. The company is classified under “sawmilling and planing of wood” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 42 yrs · since 1984
- 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 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £15.8m | £15.8m | £13.8m | £12.4m |
| Cost of sales | £9.6m | £9.3m | £8.1m | £7.2m |
| Gross profit | £6.2m | £6.5m | £5.7m | £5.1m |
| Operating profit | −£378k | −£461k | −£804k | −£720k |
| Profit before tax | −£400k | −£486k | −£821k | −£732k |
| Profit after tax | −£314k | −£343k | −£673k | −£682k |
| Profit (best available) | −£314k | −£343k | −£673k | −£682k |
| Staff costs | £3.2m | £3.3m | £3.1m | £2.8m |
| Employees (average) | 84 | 94 | 89 | 66 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −2% | −2.2% | −4.9% | −5.5% |
| Gross margin | 39.2% | 41.2% | 41.2% | 41.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £189k | £168k | £155k | £187k |
| Profit per employee | −£3.7k | −£3.6k | −£7.6k | −£10.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼0.5% | ▼12.6% | ▼10.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲11.9% | ▼5.3% | ▼25.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.8m | £436k | £213k | £65.1k |
| Net assets | £8.5m | £7.8m | £7.2m | £6.1m |
| Fixed assets | £5.8m | £6.6m | £6.4m | £6.3m |
| Current assets | £6.1m | £4.3m | £3.4m | £2.9m |
| Debtors | £1.6m | £1.5m | £1.4m | £1.4m |
| Deferred income | £36.1k | £33.2k | £54.2k | £20.7k |
| Cash from operations | −£42.4k | £71.2k | £154k | −£215k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −5.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 41.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £187k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£10.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 50.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11%
- 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 £6.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼69%
- Now £65.1k
- Headcount
- ▼26%
- Now 66
- Deferred income
- ▼62%
- Now £20.7k
- Fixed assets
- ▼2%
- Now £6.3m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£682k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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