Futura Design Limited
Registered name: FUTURA DESIGN LIMITED
Futura Design Limited made £20.9m revenue and £257k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
Futura Design Limited’s revenue grew 5% to £20.9m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £257k profit and 54 employees. The company is classified under “other engineering activities” and is based in Coventry; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Coventry, West Midlands
- Age
- 32 yrs · since 1994
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £15.2m | £19.9m | £20.9m |
| Cost of sales | — | £12.7m | £16.3m | £17.4m |
| Gross profit | — | £2.5m | £3.6m | £3.5m |
| Operating profit | — | £1.2m | £1.4m | £554k |
| Profit before tax | — | £1.1m | £1.4m | £526k |
| Profit after tax | — | £1m | £1m | £257k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £1m | £1m | £257k |
| Staff costs | — | £2.3m | £3.1m | £3.7m |
| Employees (average) | 25 | 41 | 50 | 54 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 6.8% | 5.3% | 1.2% |
| Gross margin | — | 16.2% | 18.2% | 16.6% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £371k | £397k | £387k |
| Profit per employee | — | £25.1k | £20.9k | £4.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲30.6% | ▲5.2% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲2% | ▼75.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲64% | ▲21.9% | ▲8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £979k | £1.5m | £809k | £995k |
| Net assets | £2.1m | £3.1m | £3.4m | £2.7m |
| Fixed assets | £1.1m | £1.2m | £1.8m | £2.7m |
| Current assets | £3.9m | £4.4m | £5.5m | £4.1m |
| Debtors | £2.1m | £1.9m | £3.2m | £2.4m |
| Deferred income | — | £265k | £518k | £497k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 16.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £387k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 12.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11.5%
- 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
- ▼22%
- Now £2.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲23%
- Now £995k
- Headcount
- ▲8%
- Now 54
- Deferred income
- ▼4%
- Now £497k
- Fixed assets
- ▲47%
- Now £2.7m
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 30 Apr 2025 (profit £257k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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