Finley Structures Ltd
Registered name: FINLEY STRUCTURES LTD
Part of Creditscale Limited groupFinley Structures Ltd made £9m revenue and a £288k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Finley Structures Ltd’s revenue fell 24% to £9m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £288k and 55 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures” and is based in Newton Aycliffe; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Newton Aycliffe, North East
- Age
- 26 yrs · since 2000
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £20.3m | £21m | £11.8m | £9m |
| Cost of sales | £19.8m | £19.5m | £10.7m | £8.4m |
| Gross profit | £546k | £1.5m | £1.1m | £609k |
| Operating profit | −£568k | £331k | −£36.3k | −£261k |
| Profit before tax | −£574k | £280k | −£188k | −£381k |
| Profit after tax | −£454k | £288k | −£59.5k | −£288k |
| Profit (best available) | −£454k | £288k | −£59.5k | −£288k |
| Staff costs | £2.5m | £2.5m | £2.4m | £2.4m |
| Employees (average) | 66 | 64 | 60 | 55 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −2.2% | 1.4% | −0.5% | −3.2% |
| Gross margin | 2.7% | 7% | 9.4% | 6.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £308k | £328k | £197k | £164k |
| Profit per employee | −£6.9k | £4.5k | −£991 | −£5.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲3.4% | ▼43.7% | ▼23.8% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼120.7% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼3% | ▼6.3% | ▼8.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £218 | £139 | £477 | £217 |
| Net assets | £3.1m | £3.4m | £3.3m | £3m |
| Fixed assets | £1.1m | £3m | £3m | £2.8m |
| Current assets | £7.1m | £7.4m | £4.5m | £3.6m |
| Debtors | £3.8m | £5.1m | £2.8m | £1.4m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −3.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 6.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £164k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£5.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 31.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 15.4%
- 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
- ▼9%
- Now £3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼55%
- Now £217
- Headcount
- ▼8%
- Now 55
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼7%
- Now £2.8m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Creditscale Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Finley Structures Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Finley Holdings LtdFigures not disclosed
- S.C.H. Site Services LtdFigures 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 Mar 2025 (profit −£288k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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