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Company No. 03203149 · Incorporated 23 May 1996

Flame Homeware Limited

Registered name: FLAME HOMEWARE LIMITED

Part of P & C Property Rental Company Limited group

Flame Homeware Limited made £12.5m revenue and £188k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2026.

Flame Homeware Limited’s revenue fell 8% to £12.5m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with £188k profit and 243 employees. The company is classified under “non-specialised wholesale trade” and is based in Farnsfield; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection G · Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehiclesSIC 46900Non-specialised wholesale tradeSIC 47190Other retail sale in non-specialised stores
Status
Active
Location
Farnsfield, East Midlands
Age
30 yrs · since 1996
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.

Latest accounts · year to 31 Mar 2026

Key figures

Cash flow filed
Revenue
£12.5m
Growth ▼7.5%
Profit
£188k
Growth ▼84.1%
Profit margin
1.5%
Gross 62.6%
Employees
243
Change ▲11%
Profit / employee
£775
Revenue/employee £51.3k
Profitable streak
2yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

5 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Mar 202231 Mar 202331 Mar 202431 Mar 202531 Mar 2026
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&LFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£15.1m£14.5m£14.2m£13.5m£12.5m
Cost of sales£7.4m£7.4m£6.7m£6.1m£4.7m
Gross profit£7.6m£7.1m£7.5m£7.3m£7.8m
Operating profit£696k−£761k−£226k£1.2m£392k
Profit before tax£608k−£870k−£373k£1.1m£285k
Profit after tax£420k−£779k−£405k£1.2m£188k
Profit (best available)£420k−£779k−£405k£1.2m£188k
Staff costs£4m£4.1m£4.3m£4.4m£4.1m
Employees (average)302284287219243
Ratios
Profit margin2.8%−5.4%−2.8%8.8%1.5%
Gross margin50.6%48.9%53%54.5%62.6%
Revenue per employee£49.9k£51k£49.6k£61.6k£51.3k
Profit per employee£1.4k−£2.7k−£1.4k£5.4k£775
Cash conversion−266.5%——38.4%−191.4%
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▼3.9%▼1.6%▼5.3%▼7.5%
Profit growth—▼285.6%——▼84.1%
Headcount growth—▼6%▲1.1%▼23.7%▲11%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£1.5m£147k£399k£1.5m£1.9m
Net assets£4.8m£3.9m£3.4m£4.4m£4.3m
Fixed assets£4.3m£4.1m£3.9m£1.9m£1.6m
Current assets£5.4m£3.8m£3.1m£4.2m£4.4m
Debtors£2k£2.3k£616£0£199k
Cash from operations−£1.9m£408k−£1.1m£468k−£751k
SourceAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
1.5%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
62.6%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£51.3k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£775
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
−191.4%
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
12.4%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
—
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
1.6%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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 £4.3m
Cash at bank
▲25%
Now £1.9m
Headcount
▲11%
Now 243
Deferred income
—
Now —
Fixed assets
▼16%
Now £1.6m
Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. P & C Property Rental Company Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Pillarbox Designs Limited75–100%
  3. Cardzone Limited75–100%
  4. Flame Homeware Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Subsidiaries (1)

Sister companies (5)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2026 (profit £188k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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