Fischbein Limited
Registered name: FISCHBEIN LIMITED
Part of Duravant Llc groupFischbein Limited made £141m revenue and a £734k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2023.
Fischbein Limited’s revenue grew 19% to £141m in the year to 31 Dec 2023, with a loss of £734k and 616 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in Potters Bar; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Potters Bar
- Age
- 37 yrs · since 1989
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £125m | £119m | £141m |
| Cost of sales | −£83.9m | −£81.1m | −£94.9m |
| Gross profit | £40.8m | £37.9m | £46.3m |
| Operating profit | £3.9m | −£2.7m | £4.7m |
| Profit before tax | £982k | −£5.3m | £156k |
| Profit after tax | −£1.2m | −£7m | −£734k |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.2m | −£7m | −£734k |
| Employees (average) | 476 | 506 | 616 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −0.9% | −5.9% | −0.5% |
| Gross margin | 32.7% | 31.8% | 32.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £262k | £235k | £229k |
| Profit per employee | −£2.5k | −£13.9k | −£1.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼4.6% | ▲18.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6.3% | ▲21.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 32.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £229k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£1.2k
- 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
- ▲22%
- Now 616
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Duravant Llc (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Fischbein Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- FMH Conveyors International LimitedRev. £10.5m · Profit −£1.2m
- Fischbein-Saxon LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2023 (profit −£734k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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