Appian Fasteners Limited
Registered name: APPIAN FASTENERS LIMITED
Appian Fasteners Limited made £3.2m revenue and £94k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Appian Fasteners Limited’s revenue fell 14% to £3.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £94k profit and 10 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 19 yrs · since 2007
- 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 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £3m | £3.7m | £3.7m | £3.2m |
| Cost of sales | £2.6m | £3.2m | £3.2m | £2.7m |
| Gross profit | £411k | £499k | £540k | £527k |
| Operating profit | £29.1k | −£29.9k | £24.6k | £94k |
| Profit before tax | £29.1k | −£29.9k | £24.6k | £94k |
| Profit after tax | £29.1k | −£29.9k | £24.6k | £94k |
| Profit (best available) | £29.1k | −£29.9k | £24.6k | £94k |
| Employees (average) | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1% | −0.8% | 0.7% | 2.9% |
| Gross margin | 13.7% | 13.6% | 14.4% | 16.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £376k | £407k | £375k | £322k |
| Profit per employee | £3.6k | −£3.3k | £2.5k | £9.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲21.7% | ▲2.5% | ▼14.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼202.9% | — | ▲282.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲12.5% | ▲11.1% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £165k | £51.4k | £77.7k | £379k |
| Net assets | £997k | £967k | £992k | £1.1m |
| Fixed assets | £23.7k | £23.4k | £12k | £8.1k |
| Current assets | £1.3m | £1.7m | £1.3m | £1.5m |
| Debtors | £201k | £261k | £184k | £175k |
| Deferred income | £420 | £94 | £6.8k | £0 |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 16.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £322k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £9.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 5.5%
- 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 £1.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲388%
- Now £379k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 10
- Deferred income
- ▼100%
- Now £0
- Fixed assets
- ▼32%
- Now £8.1k
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 2024 (profit £94k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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