Mobus Fabrics Limited
Registered name: MOBUS FABRICS LIMITED
Part of MFG 2026 Limited groupMobus Fabrics Limited made £23.9m revenue and £1.3m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025. read from filing text
Mobus Fabrics Limited’s revenue grew 19% to £23.9m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £1.3m profit and 38 employees. The company is classified under “finishing of textiles” and is based in Brighouse; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Brighouse, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 32 yrs · since 1994
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £22m | £20.3m | £20.1m | £23.9m |
| Cost of sales | £18m | £16.6m | £16.9m | £20m |
| Gross profit | £4.1m | £3.7m | £3.3m | £3.9m |
| Operating profit | £1.8m | £1.2m | £980k | £1m |
| Profit before tax | £1.7m | £1m | £829k | £1.3m |
| Profit after tax | £1.4m | £847k | £730k | £1.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.4m | £847k | £730k | £1.3m |
| Staff costs | £1.4m | £1.4m | £1.4m | £1.5m |
| Employees (average) | 42 | 41 | 37 | 38 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 6.5% | 4.2% | 3.6% | 5.3% |
| Gross margin | 18.5% | 18.3% | 16.2% | 16.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £525k | £495k | £544k | £628k |
| Profit per employee | £34.1k | £20.7k | £19.7k | £33.2k |
| Cash conversion | 5.9% | 62.7% | 36% | −42.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼8% | ▼0.8% | ▲18.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼40.8% | ▼13.8% | ▲72.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼2.4% | ▼9.8% | ▲2.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £519k | £507k | £193k | £554k |
| Net assets | £10.8m | £11.2m | £11.5m | £12.4m |
| Fixed assets | £794k | £774k | £683k | £614k |
| Current assets | £17.2m | £19.4m | £22.4m | £24.3m |
| Debtors | £3.6m | £3.5m | £4.5m | £5.5m |
| Deferred income | £1.9m | £1.8m | £42k | £34k |
| Cash from operations | £110k | £732k | £353k | −£432k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 16.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £628k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £33.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −42.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 23.1%
- 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 £12.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲187%
- Now £554k
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 38
- Deferred income
- ▼19%
- Now £34k
- Fixed assets
- ▼10%
- Now £614k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- MFG 2026 Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Mobus Fabrics Holdings Limited75–100%
- Mobus Fabrics Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Furniture Industry Testing Technology LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (1)
- Clarkson Coatings LimitedRev. £7.3m · Profit −£226k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £1.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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