4 Futures Phase 1 Limited
Registered name: 4 FUTURES PHASE 1 LIMITED
Part of Building Schools for the Future Investments LLP group4 Futures Phase 1 Limited made £760k revenue and £208k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
4 Futures Phase 1 Limited’s revenue grew 5% to £760k in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £208k profit. The company is classified under “other service activities” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 17 yrs · since 2009
- 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 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £661k | £727k | £760k |
| Cost of sales | −£526k | −£617k | −£618k |
| Gross profit | £135k | £110k | £142k |
| Operating profit | £28k | £35k | £33k |
| Profit before tax | £507k | £209k | £269k |
| Profit after tax | £393k | £164k | £208k |
| Profit (best available) | £393k | £164k | £208k |
| Employees (average) | — | — | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 59.5% | 22.6% | 27.4% |
| Gross margin | 20.4% | 15.1% | 18.7% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲10% | ▲4.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼58.3% | ▲26.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 27.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 18.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Building Schools for the Future Investments LLPultimate parent75–100%
- 4 Futures Phase 1 Holdings Limited75–100%
- 4 Futures Phase 1 (Refico) Limited75–100%
- 4 Futures Phase 1 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 accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £208k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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