Retroflo Limited
Registered name: RETROFLO LIMITED
Part of Quilo Ltd groupRetroflo Limited made £8.6m revenue and £723k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
Retroflo Limited’s revenue grew 27% to £8.6m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £723k profit and 47 employees. The company is classified under “other specialised construction activities” and is based in Seaham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Seaham, North East
- Age
- 18 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £4.2m | £4.3m | £6.8m | £8.6m |
| Cost of sales | £2.9m | £3.2m | £5.6m | £6.8m |
| Gross profit | £1.3m | £1.1m | £1.2m | £1.8m |
| Operating profit | £265k | £344k | £365k | £988k |
| Profit before tax | £260k | £339k | £353k | £965k |
| Profit after tax | £260k | £339k | £297k | £723k |
| Profit (best available) | £260k | £339k | £297k | £723k |
| Employees (average) | 37 | 41 | 42 | 47 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 6.2% | 8% | 4.4% | 8.4% |
| Gross margin | 31% | 26% | 17.1% | 21.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £114k | £104k | £161k | £183k |
| Profit per employee | £7k | £8.3k | £7.1k | £15.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲1.2% | ▲58.7% | ▲27.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲30.4% | ▼12.6% | ▲143.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲10.8% | ▲2.4% | ▲11.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £122k | £140k | £741k | £973k |
| Net assets | −£394k | −£54.8k | £242k | £965k |
| Fixed assets | £112k | £73.7k | £375k | £661k |
| Current assets | £1.4m | £1.5m | £2.4m | £3.1m |
| Debtors | £1.2m | £1.2m | £1.6m | £1.7m |
| Deferred income | — | £8.3k | £283k | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 21.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £183k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £15.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 7.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 19.6%
- 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
- ▲299%
- Now £965k
- Cash at bank
- ▲31%
- Now £973k
- Headcount
- ▲12%
- Now 47
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲76%
- Now £661k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Quilo Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Retroflo Limitedthis 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 AbridgedAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £723k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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