Fen-Bay Services Limited
Registered name: FEN-BAY SERVICES LIMITED
Part of Hörmann (U.K.) Limited groupFen-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.
- 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.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 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) | £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) | 166 | 215 | 257 | 275 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 6.7% | 4.6% | 0.8% | 4% |
| Gross margin | 29.9% | 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 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
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.
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.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Hörmann (U.K.) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Fen-Bay Services Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Fen-Bay Group LimitedRev. £600k · Profit £1.4m
- C & J Designs 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 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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