Francis & Lewis International Limited
Registered name: FRANCIS & LEWIS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Part of Haley Securities Limited groupFrancis & Lewis International Limited made £11m revenue and £2.4m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Francis & Lewis International Limited’s revenue fell 19% to £11m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £2.4m profit and 77 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures” and is based in NR. Highbridge; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- NR. Highbridge, South West
- Age
- 35 yrs · since 1991
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently. From the filing: “Haley Securities Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £13.7m | £11m |
| Cost of sales | £8.1m | £6.6m |
| Gross profit | £5.6m | £4.5m |
| Operating profit | £3.5m | £2.5m |
| Profit before tax | £3.6m | £2.5m |
| Profit after tax | £3m | £2.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £3m | £2.4m |
| Staff costs | £4.3m | £4.3m |
| Employees (average) | 74 | 77 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 22% | 21.9% |
| Gross margin | 40.9% | 40.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £185k | £143k |
| Profit per employee | £40.7k | £31.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼19.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼19.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £2.7m | £1.9m |
| Net assets | £5.2m | £5.6m |
| Fixed assets | £870k | £1.5m |
| Current assets | £6.2m | £5.5m |
| Debtors | £2.2m | £1.8m |
| Deferred income | £126k | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 21.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 40.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £143k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £31.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 13.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 15.9%
- 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
- ▲8%
- Now £5.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼30%
- Now £1.9m
- Headcount
- ▲4%
- Now 77
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲76%
- Now £1.5m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Haley Securities Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Francis & Lewis International Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (4)
- William Haley Engineering LimitedRev. £19.4m · Profit £2.1m
- Concept Fabrications Cymru LtdRev. £2.1m · Profit £107k
- George Jackson LimitedRev. £2m · Profit £33.6k
- Concept Steelwork LtdFigures 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 2025 (profit £2.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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