Flexdart Limited
Registered name: FLEXDART LIMITED
Flexdart Limited made £41.1m revenue and £909k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Flexdart Limited’s revenue fell 12% to £41.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £909k profit and 47 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of waste and scrap” and is based in Birmingham; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Birmingham, West Midlands
- Age
- 40 yrs · since 1986
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £64.5m | £46.6m | £41.1m |
| Cost of sales | £53.6m | £39.3m | £32.8m |
| Gross profit | £10.8m | £7.3m | £8.3m |
| Operating profit | £1.8m | £1.3m | £1.1m |
| Profit before tax | £1.5m | £983k | £1.4m |
| Profit after tax | £1.2m | £735k | £909k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.2m | £735k | £909k |
| Employees (average) | 48 | 47 | 47 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 1.8% | 1.6% | 2.2% |
| Gross margin | 16.8% | 15.7% | 20.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.3m | £991k | £875k |
| Profit per employee | £24.4k | £15.6k | £19.3k |
| Cash conversion | −36.8% | −197.6% | 195% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼27.8% | ▼11.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼37.2% | ▲23.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼2.1% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1.5m | £3.4m | £609k |
| Net assets | £17.2m | £17.7m | £20.2m |
| Fixed assets | £8.6m | £8.3m | £11.3m |
| Current assets | £18.9m | £21.9m | £22.4m |
| Debtors | £4m | £2.3m | £2.6m |
| Cash from operations | −£652k | −£2.5m | £2.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 20.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £875k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £19.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 195%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 27.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 6.4%
- 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
- ▲15%
- Now £20.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼82%
- Now £609k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 47
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲36%
- Now £11.3m
Group structure
Subsidiaries (5)
- Beaver Metals (London) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Heart of England Compounding LimitedFigures not disclosed
- John Phillips Metals LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Metallic Extractors (Non-Ferrous) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ryknild Trading 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 2024 (profit £909k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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