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Company No. 03692535 · Incorporated 7 Jan 1999

Fen-Bay Services Limited

Registered name: FEN-BAY SERVICES LIMITED

Part of Hörmann (U.K.) Limited group

Fen-Bay Services Limited made £38.4m revenue and £1.5m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text

Fen-Bay Services Limited’s revenue grew 19% to £38.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.5m profit and 275 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of lifting and handling equipment” and is based in Lincoln; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection C · ManufacturingSIC 28220Manufacture of lifting and handling equipment
Status
Active
Location
Lincoln, East Midlands
Age
27 yrs · since 1999
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. From the filing: “The immediate parent company is Hormann (U.K.) Limited. The registered office address is Gee Road, Coalville, Leicestershire, LE67 4JW.”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2025

Key figures

Operating leverage
Revenue
£38.4m
Growth ▲19.2%
Profit
£1.5m
Growth ▲536.4%
Profit margin
4%
Gross 36.4%
Employees
275
Change ▲7%
Profit / employee
£5.6k
Revenue/employee £140k
Profitable streak
4yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

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

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Dec 202231 Dec 202331 Dec 202431 Dec 2025
DisclosureFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£20.8m£29.2m£32.2m£38.4m
Cost of sales£14.6m£20.8m£20.8m£24.4m
Gross profit£6.2m£8.4m£11.4m£14m
Operating profit£1.4m£1.8m£527k£2.3m
Profit before tax£1.4m£1.8m£497k£2.2m
Profit after tax£1.4m£1.3m£241k£1.5m
Profit (best available)£1.4m£1.3m£241k£1.5m
Staff costs£7.2m£10.1m£12.5m£14.2m
Employees (average)166215257275
Ratios
Profit margin6.7%4.6%0.8%4%
Gross margin29.9%28.8%35.4%36.4%
Revenue per employee£125k£136k£125k£140k
Profit per employee£8.4k£6.2k£936£5.6k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲40.4%▲10.3%▲19.2%
Profit growth—▼3.4%▼82%▲536.4%
Headcount growth—▲29.5%▲19.5%▲7%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£202k£738k£113k£591k
Net assets£7.2m£7.4m£6.7m£8.2m
Fixed assets£1m£1.2m£2.6m£5.2m
Current assets£10m£12.6m£11m£12.9m
Debtors£4.5m£7.6m£6.9m£7.4m
Deferred income£979k£2.1m£1.4m£1.4m
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
4%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
36.4%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£140k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£5.6k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
13.6%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
3.7%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
19.2%
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
▲23%
Now £8.2m
Cash at bank
▲423%
Now £591k
Headcount
▲7%
Now 275
Deferred income
▲0%
Now £1.4m
Fixed assets
▲102%
Now £5.2m

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Hörmann (U.K.) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Fen-Bay Services Limitedthis company

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

Sister companies (2)

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

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Sources

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £1.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026

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