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Company No. 05227378 · Incorporated 9 Sep 2004

Heywood Rooftruss Company Ltd

Registered name: HEYWOOD ROOFTRUSS COMPANY LTD

Part of Heywood Timber Holdings Limited group

Heywood 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.

Latest accounts · year to 31 Oct 2023

Key figures

Capital-lightCash flow filed
Revenue
£10.2m
Growth ▼4.7%
Profit
£883k
Growth ▲14%
Profit margin
8.7%
Gross 36.4%
Employees
61
Change ▲8.9%
Profit / employee
£14.5k
Revenue/employee £167k
Profitable streak
2yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

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

3 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Oct 202131 Oct 202231 Oct 2023
DisclosureNo P&LFull P&LFull 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)555661
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
SourceAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023Accounts · bulk data Nov 2024
Derived from the latest filing

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.
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
▼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.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Heywood Timber Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. 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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