Fargro Limited
Registered name: FARGRO LIMITED
Part of Ashridge Capital LLP groupFargro Limited made £41.7m revenue and a £6.2m loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Fargro Limited’s revenue was £41.7m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £6.2m and 68 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of chemical products” and is based in Arundel; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Arundel, South East
- Age
- 19 yrs · since 2007
- 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. From the filing: “The ultimate controlling party is Fargroup Limited by virtue of its majority shareholding. Their registered office address is: Vinery Fields, Arundel Road, Poling, Arundel, West Sussex, BN18 9PY. The ”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £31.1m | £26.1m | £41.7m |
| Cost of sales | £24.8m | £20.3m | £32.7m |
| Gross profit | £6.3m | £5.8m | £9m |
| Operating profit | £146k | −£854k | −£4.3m |
| Profit before tax | £87.2k | −£1.6m | −£5.7m |
| Profit after tax | £92.4k | −£1.2m | −£6.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £92.4k | −£1.2m | −£6.2m |
| Staff costs | £2.9m | £2.9m | £5m |
| Employees (average) | — | 68 | 68 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 0.3% | −4.7% | −14.9% |
| Gross margin | 20.3% | 22.2% | 21.6% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £384k | £613k |
| Profit per employee | — | −£18.1k | −£91.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼16% | — |
| Profit growth | — | ▼1435% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £197k | £262k | £694k |
| Net assets | £9.1m | £7.9m | £2.2m |
| Fixed assets | £11m | £11.4m | £11.1m |
| Current assets | £11.9m | £10.5m | £12.8m |
| Debtors | £4.2m | £3.8m | £7.6m |
| Deferred income | £542k | £423k | £957k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −14.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 21.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £613k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£91.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 26.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 18.3%
- 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
- —
- Now £2.2m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £694k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 68
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £957k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £11.1m
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
- Ashridge Capital LLPultimate parent75–100%
- Ashridge Capital (Nominee) Limited75–100%
- Fargroup Limited75–100%
- Fargro Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Fargro Home & Garden LimitedFigures 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 −£6.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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