Frontline Consultancy and Business Services Limited
Registered name: FRONTLINE CONSULTANCY AND BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED
Frontline Consultancy and Business Services Limited made £9.4m revenue and £680k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Frontline Consultancy and Business Services Limited’s revenue grew 3% to £9.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £680k profit and 63 employees. The company is classified under “business and domestic software development” and is based in Wilmslow; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Wilmslow, North West
- Age
- 35 yrs · since 1991
- 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) | £10.8m | £10.4m | £9.2m | £9.4m |
| Cost of sales | £7.1m | £7.1m | £5.9m | £5.8m |
| Gross profit | £3.6m | £3.3m | £3.2m | £3.6m |
| Operating profit | £678k | £18.3k | £412k | £792k |
| Profit before tax | £661k | £12.4k | £345k | £738k |
| Profit after tax | £633k | −£15k | £235k | £680k |
| Profit (best available) | £633k | −£15k | £235k | £680k |
| Staff costs | £5.5m | £5.2m | £4.4m | £4.5m |
| Employees (average) | 92 | 85 | 69 | 63 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5.9% | −0.1% | 2.6% | 7.2% |
| Gross margin | 33.6% | 32.1% | 35.4% | 38.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £117k | £122k | £133k | £149k |
| Profit per employee | £6.9k | −£176 | £3.4k | £10.8k |
| Cash conversion | −41.8% | −1514% | 159.7% | 144.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼3.5% | ▼11.8% | ▲2.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼102.4% | — | ▲189.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼7.6% | ▼18.8% | ▼8.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.7m | £1.4m | £1.1m | £1.6m |
| Net assets | £4.2m | £4.2m | £4.4m | £5.1m |
| Fixed assets | £1.5m | £1.3m | £1.1m | £1.1m |
| Current assets | £7m | £8.3m | £8.1m | £8.9m |
| Debtors | £1.5m | £1.8m | £1.5m | £1.5m |
| Deferred income | £2.2m | £2.5m | £2.5m | £2.5m |
| Cash from operations | −£283k | −£276k | £658k | £1.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 38.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £149k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £10.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 144.5%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 11.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 26.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 15.8%
- 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 £5.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲49%
- Now £1.6m
- Headcount
- ▼9%
- Now 63
- Deferred income
- ▲2%
- Now £2.5m
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- Now £1.1m
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 £680k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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