SFJ Awards Limited
Registered name: SFJ AWARDS LIMITED
Part of The Workforce Development Trust Limited groupSFJ Awards Limited made £3.1m revenue and a £164k loss in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
SFJ Awards Limited’s revenue fell 4% to £3.1m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with a loss of £164k and 31 employees. The company is classified under “other education” and is based in Bristol; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bristol, South West
- 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 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £2.8m | £3.2m | £3.1m |
| Gross profit | £2.8m | £3.2m | £3.1m |
| Operating profit | £300k | £233k | −£164k |
| Profit before tax | £300k | £233k | −£164k |
| Profit after tax | £300k | £233k | −£164k |
| Profit (best available) | £300k | £233k | −£164k |
| Employees (average) | 25 | 30 | 31 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 10.8% | 7.3% | −5.3% |
| Gross margin | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Revenue per employee | £111k | £107k | £99.5k |
| Profit per employee | £12k | £7.8k | −£5.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲15.4% | ▼3.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼22.2% | ▼170.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲20% | ▲3.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −5.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 100%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £99.5k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£5.3k
- 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
- ▲3%
- Now 31
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- The Workforce Development Trust Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- SFJ Awards Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- I-Can Qualifications LimitedRev. £1.2m · Profit £798k
- People 1st International LimitedRev. £790k · Profit −£349k
- People 1st LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit −£164k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 14 Oct 2026
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