XL Joinery Limited
Registered name: XL JOINERY LIMITED
XL Joinery Limited made £24.1m revenue and a £1.9m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2023.
XL Joinery Limited’s revenue fell 16% to £24.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2023, with a loss of £1.9m and 72 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- In Administration
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 27 yrs · since 1999
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £33.6m | £28.6m | £24.1m |
| Cost of sales | £28.1m | £25.7m | £19.7m |
| Gross profit | £5.5m | £2.9m | £4.5m |
| Operating profit | £430k | −£3.1m | −£1.6m |
| Profit before tax | £347k | −£2.8m | −£1.9m |
| Profit after tax | £283k | −£2.8m | −£1.9m |
| Profit (best available) | £283k | −£2.8m | −£1.9m |
| Staff costs | £2.5m | £2.4m | £2.4m |
| Employees (average) | 81 | 79 | 72 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 0.8% | −9.7% | −7.8% |
| Gross margin | 16.4% | 10.1% | 18.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £415k | £362k | £335k |
| Profit per employee | £3.5k | −£35.2k | −£26.1k |
| Cash conversion | −728.7% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼15% | ▼15.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼1081% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼2.5% | ▼8.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £205k | £194k | £344k |
| Net assets | £11.5m | £8.7m | £6.9m |
| Fixed assets | £419k | £273k | £176k |
| Current assets | £21.9m | £20.2m | £10.4m |
| Debtors | £6.4m | £5.8m | £4m |
| Deferred income | £970k | £1m | £649k |
| Cash from operations | −£3.1m | £1.5m | £5.6m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −7.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 18.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £335k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£26.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 16.6%
- 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
- ▼22%
- Now £6.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲78%
- Now £344k
- Headcount
- ▼9%
- Now 72
- Deferred income
- ▼38%
- Now £649k
- Fixed assets
- ▼35%
- Now £176k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2023 (profit −£1.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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