Fordingbridge PLC
Registered name: FORDINGBRIDGE PLC
Fordingbridge PLC made £11.8m revenue and £1.7m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Fordingbridge PLC’s revenue grew 96% to £11.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.7m profit and 35 employees. The company is classified under “development of building projects” and is based in Arundel; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Arundel, South East
- Age
- 36 yrs · since 1989
- Type
- Public 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) | £7.9m | £7.6m | £6m | £11.8m |
| Cost of sales | £5.2m | £4.5m | £3.7m | £6.8m |
| Gross profit | £2.7m | £3.1m | £2.3m | £5m |
| Operating profit | £628k | £743k | £180k | £2.2m |
| Profit before tax | £628k | £754k | £189k | £2.2m |
| Profit after tax | £670k | £670k | £215k | £1.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £670k | £670k | £215k | £1.7m |
| Staff costs | £1.6m | £1.8m | £1.5m | £2.3m |
| Employees (average) | 41 | 39 | 39 | 35 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 8.5% | 8.8% | 3.6% | 14.2% |
| Gross margin | 34% | 40.2% | 37.9% | 42.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £192k | £194k | £154k | £338k |
| Profit per employee | £16.3k | £17.2k | £5.5k | £47.9k |
| Cash conversion | −115.9% | −186.5% | −449.6% | −110.7% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼3.7% | ▼20.7% | ▲96.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲0% | ▼67.9% | ▲678.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4.9% | 0% | ▼10.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.5m | £2.1m | £2m | £2.3m |
| Net assets | £2.7m | £2.9m | £2.1m | £1.8m |
| Fixed assets | £276k | £358k | £297k | £296k |
| Current assets | £3.2m | £3.4m | £3.3m | £4m |
| Debtors | £1.1m | £706k | £232k | £774k |
| Deferred income | £69.6k | £64.3k | £113k | £98k |
| Cash from operations | −£728k | −£1.4m | −£808k | −£2.4m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 14.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 42.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £338k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £47.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −110.7%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 6.6%
- 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
- ▼15%
- Now £1.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲19%
- Now £2.3m
- Headcount
- ▼10%
- Now 35
- Deferred income
- ▼13%
- Now £98k
- Fixed assets
- ▼0%
- Now £296k
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 £1.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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