Alfred Franks & Bartlett PLC
Registered name: ALFRED FRANKS & BARTLETT PLC
Part of Afb Organisation Limited groupAlfred Franks & Bartlett PLC made £16.5m revenue and £514k profit in the year to 30 Nov 2025. read from filing text
Alfred Franks & Bartlett PLC’s revenue fell 9% to £16.5m in the year to 30 Nov 2025, with £514k profit and 49 employees. The company is classified under “agents involved in the sale of a variety of goods” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 32 yrs · since 1994
- Type
- Public 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: “The parent company is Alfred Franks & Bartlett Holdings Limited ("AFBH"), a company registered in England & Wales.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Nov 2022 | 30 Nov 2023 | 30 Nov 2024 | 30 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £16.4m | £18.1m | £18m | £16.5m |
| Cost of sales | £12.1m | £12.8m | £12.9m | £11.3m |
| Gross profit | £4.3m | £5.3m | £5.1m | £5.2m |
| Operating profit | £850k | £230k | £157k | −£107k |
| Profit before tax | £1.1m | £691k | £651k | £418k |
| Profit after tax | £1.3m | £656k | £640k | £514k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.3m | £656k | £640k | £514k |
| Staff costs | £3m | £3.6m | £3.4m | £3.6m |
| Employees (average) | 50 | 52 | 52 | 49 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 7.6% | 3.6% | 3.5% | 3.1% |
| Gross margin | 26.1% | 29.2% | 28.5% | 31.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £329k | £348k | £346k | £336k |
| Profit per employee | £25.1k | £12.6k | £12.3k | £10.5k |
| Cash conversion | −109.8% | 810.5% | 324% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲10.3% | ▼0.5% | ▼8.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼47.8% | ▼2.5% | ▼19.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4% | 0% | ▼5.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.2k | £5.8k | £11.9k | £0 |
| Net assets | £10.1m | £10.9m | £11.4m | £11.5m |
| Fixed assets | £4.5m | £5.1m | £4.9m | £5m |
| Current assets | £12m | £15.4m | £16.2m | £14.7m |
| Debtors | £4.2m | £5.1m | £5.3m | £4.4m |
| Deferred income | £2.4m | £3.1m | £2.5m | £2.2m |
| Cash from operations | −£933k | £1.9m | £508k | −£706k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 31.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £336k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £10.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 30.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 13.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 26.9%
- 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
- ▲1%
- Now £11.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼100%
- Now £0
- Headcount
- ▼6%
- Now 49
- Deferred income
- ▼12%
- Now £2.2m
- Fixed assets
- ▲2%
- Now £5m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Afb Organisation Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Alfred Franks & Bartlett Holdings Limited75–100%
- Alfred Franks & Bartlett PLCthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Afb Licensing LimitedFigures 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 30 Nov 2025 (profit £514k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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