Heywood Rooftruss Company Ltd
Registered name: HEYWOOD ROOFTRUSS COMPANY LTD
Part of Heywood Timber Holdings Limited groupHeywood Rooftruss Company Ltd made £10.2m revenue and £883k profit in the year to 31 Oct 2023.
Heywood Rooftruss Company Ltd’s revenue fell 5% to £10.2m in the year to 31 Oct 2023, with £883k profit and 61 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery” and is based in Manchester; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- In Administration
- Location
- Manchester, North West
- Age
- 22 yrs · since 2004
- 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 Oct 2021 | 31 Oct 2022 | 31 Oct 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £10.7m | £10.2m |
| Cost of sales | — | £7.7m | £6.5m |
| Gross profit | — | £3m | £3.7m |
| Operating profit | — | £1.1m | £1.3m |
| Profit before tax | — | £967k | £1.2m |
| Profit after tax | — | £774k | £883k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £774k | £883k |
| Staff costs | — | £2.6m | £3m |
| Employees (average) | 55 | 56 | 61 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | 7.3% | 8.7% |
| Gross margin | — | 28.1% | 36.4% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £190k | £167k |
| Profit per employee | — | £13.8k | £14.5k |
| Cash conversion | — | 82.5% | 89.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼4.7% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲14% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.8% | ▲8.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £202k | £475k | £15.8k |
| Net assets | £733k | £1.5m | £1.4m |
| Fixed assets | £269k | £237k | £380k |
| Current assets | £4.7m | £6.5m | £5.9m |
| Debtors | £2m | £1.7m | £1.4m |
| Deferred income | £22.2k | £23.9k | £70k |
| Cash from operations | — | £867k | £1.2m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 36.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £167k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £14.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 89.9%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.6%
- 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
- ▼10%
- Now £1.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼97%
- Now £15.8k
- Headcount
- ▲9%
- Now 61
- Deferred income
- ▲193%
- Now £70k
- Fixed assets
- ▲61%
- Now £380k
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
- Heywood Timber Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Heywood Rooftruss Company Ltdthis 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 accounts for the year to 31 Oct 2023 (profit £883k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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