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Company No. 03327080 · Incorporated 26 Feb 1997

FDC (Holdings) Limited

Registered name: FDC (HOLDINGS) LIMITED

Part of Ajj (Holdings) Limited group

FDC (Holdings) Limited made £19.2m revenue and £38.7k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.

FDC (Holdings) Limited’s revenue fell 6% to £19.2m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £38.7k profit and 107 employees. The company is classified under “operation of warehousing and storage facilities for land transport activities” and is based in Preston; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.

Status
Active
Location
Preston, North West
Age
29 yrs · since 1997
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.

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 2025

Key figures

Boring industry
Revenue
£19.2m
Growth ▼5.9%
Profit
£38.7k
Growth ▼90.1%
Profit margin
0.2%
Gross 20.2%
Employees
107
Change ▼15.8%
Profit / employee
£362
Revenue/employee £180k
Profitable streak
3yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

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

3 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Mar 202331 Mar 202431 Mar 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£23m£20.4m£19.2m
Cost of sales£15.1m£15.5m£15.3m
Gross profit£7.8m£5m£3.9m
Operating profit£2.3m£780k£368k
Profit before tax£2.1m£547k£101k
Profit after tax£1.7m£390k£38.7k
Profit (best available)£1.7m£390k£38.7k
Staff costs£4.2m£4.2m£4.5m
Employees (average)106127107
Ratios
Profit margin7.5%1.9%0.2%
Gross margin34.1%24.3%20.2%
Revenue per employee£217k£161k£180k
Profit per employee£16.2k£3.1k£362
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▼10.9%▼5.9%
Profit growth—▼77.4%▼90.1%
Headcount growth—▲19.8%▼15.8%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£1.9m£1.8m£1.1m
Net assets£12m£12.4m£12.3m
Fixed assets£2.6m£2.6m£2.8m
Current assets£18.6m£17.3m£17.1m
Debtors£3.5m£3m£3.4m
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
0.2%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
20.2%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£180k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£362
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
14.6%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
—
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
17.9%
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 £12.3m
Cash at bank
▼38%
Now £1.1m
Headcount
▼16%
Now 107
Deferred income
—
Now —
Fixed assets
▲8%
Now £2.8m
Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Ajj (Holdings) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. FDC (Holdings) Limitedthis company

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

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 2025 (profit £38.7k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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