Fridge Spares Wholesale Ltd
Registered name: FRIDGE SPARES WHOLESALE LTD
Fridge Spares Wholesale Ltd made £99.5m revenue and £914k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Fridge Spares Wholesale Ltd’s revenue grew 14% to £99.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £914k profit and 293 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of hardware, plumbing and heating equipment and supplies” and is based in Cannock; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cannock, West Midlands
- 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 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £82.5m | £87.3m | £99.5m |
| Cost of sales | £59.3m | £63.4m | £74.3m |
| Gross profit | £23.2m | £23.9m | £25.2m |
| Operating profit | £3.7m | £2m | £1.3m |
| Profit before tax | £3.7m | £2m | £1.4m |
| Profit after tax | £2.8m | £1.5m | £914k |
| Profit (best available) | £2.8m | £1.5m | £914k |
| Employees (average) | 275 | 297 | 293 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 3.4% | 1.7% | 0.9% |
| Gross margin | 28.1% | 27.4% | 25.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £300k | £294k | £340k |
| Profit per employee | £10k | £4.9k | £3.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲5.9% | ▲14% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼47.5% | ▼37% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲8% | ▼1.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 25.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £340k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.1k
- 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
- ▼1%
- Now 293
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (8)
- Beacon Design & Engineering LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Equipment Spare Parts LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Fridge Spares (N.i.) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Just One Call LimitedFigures not disclosed
- N R W Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Northern Refrigeration Wholesale (F.M.) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Northern Refrigeration Wholesale LimitedFigures not disclosed
- RG14 LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £914k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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