FT Ductile Limited
Registered name: FT DUCTILE LIMITED
Part of Frazer & Tabberer Group Ltd groupFT Ductile Limited made £334k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
FT Ductile Limited reported £334k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 12 employees. The company is classified under “casting of iron” and is based in Lichfield; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Lichfield, West Midlands
- Age
- 18 yrs · since 2008
- 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: “Frazer & Tabberer Group Ltd is regarded by the directors as the company's parent company.The ultimate controlling party is Mr D J Frazer by virtue of his ownership of 100% of the issued ordinary share”
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
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 | No P&L | No P&L | No P&L | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — | — |
| Profit after tax | — | — | — | £334k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | — | £334k |
| Employees (average) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | — |
| Profit per employee | — | — | — | £27.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Headcount growth | — | ▼33.3% | 0% | ▲500% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | — | — | £0 | £500k |
| Net assets | £984k | £913k | £125k | £400k |
| Fixed assets | £0 | £50.4k | £0 | £26.1k |
| Current assets | £1.3m | £1.7m | £125k | £3.1m |
| Debtors | £487k | £883k | £0 | £1.5m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £27.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- ▲220%
- Now £400k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £500k
- Headcount
- ▲500%
- Now 12
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £26.1k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Frazer & Tabberer Group Ltd (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent50–75%
- FT Ductile 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 FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £334k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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