The Franking Machine Company Limited
Registered name: THE FRANKING MACHINE COMPANY LIMITED
The Franking Machine Company Limited made £258k revenue and £5.5k profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
The Franking Machine Company Limited’s revenue grew 2% to £258k in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £5.5k profit and 9 employees. The company is classified under “repair of machinery” and is based in Liverpool; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Liverpool, North West
- Age
- 32 yrs · since 1993
- 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 | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £276k | £252k | £253k | £258k |
| Profit after tax | −£13.5k | £14.7k | £7k | £5.5k |
| Profit (best available) | −£13.5k | £14.7k | £7k | £5.5k |
| Staff costs | £133k | £103k | £121k | £139k |
| Employees (average) | — | 5 | 7 | 9 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −4.9% | 5.8% | 2.8% | 2.1% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £50.5k | £36.2k | £28.7k |
| Profit per employee | — | £2.9k | £993 | £614 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼8.5% | ▲0.3% | ▲2% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼52.6% | ▼20.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▲40% | ▲28.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | £146k | £180k | £177k | £165k |
| Fixed assets | £90.5k | £95.3k | £88.7k | £84.3k |
| Current assets | £221k | £169k | £147k | £120k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £28.7k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £614
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 32.7%
- 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
- ▼7%
- Now £165k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲29%
- Now 9
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼5%
- Now £84.3k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit £5.5k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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