Fox Brothers (Lancashire) Ltd
Registered name: FOX BROTHERS (LANCASHIRE) LTD
Part of Fox Brothers Holdings Limited groupFox Brothers (Lancashire) Ltd made £22.4m revenue and a £178k loss in the year to 31 Aug 2025. read from filing text
Fox Brothers (Lancashire) Ltd’s revenue fell 2% to £22.4m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with a loss of £178k and 121 employees. The company is classified under “site preparation” and is based in Blackpool; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Blackpool, North West
- Age
- 16 yrs · since 2010
- 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: “On”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £30m | £22.9m | £22.4m |
| Cost of sales | £25.2m | £19.2m | £19.3m |
| Gross profit | £4.8m | £3.6m | £3.1m |
| Operating profit | £1.5m | £159k | −£154k |
| Profit before tax | £493k | −£1.6m | −£1.1m |
| Profit after tax | £341k | −£1.1m | −£178k |
| Profit (best available) | £341k | −£1.1m | −£178k |
| Staff costs | £5.9m | £5.1m | £6m |
| Employees (average) | 145 | 118 | 121 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 1.1% | −4.9% | −0.8% |
| Gross margin | 16.1% | 15.8% | 14% |
| Revenue per employee | £207k | £194k | £185k |
| Profit per employee | £2.3k | −£9.5k | −£1.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼23.8% | ▼1.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼428.3% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼18.6% | ▲2.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £166k | £11.9k | £224k |
| Net assets | £3.2m | £950k | £317k |
| Fixed assets | £10.2m | £8.7m | £9.8m |
| Current assets | £11m | £6m | £7.8m |
| Debtors | £6.2m | £3.3m | £5.6m |
| Deferred income | £254k | £420k | £148k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 14%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £185k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£1.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 43.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 24.8%
- 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
- ▼67%
- Now £317k
- Cash at bank
- ▲1789%
- Now £224k
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 121
- Deferred income
- ▼65%
- Now £148k
- Fixed assets
- ▲13%
- Now £9.8m
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
- Fox Brothers Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Fox Brothers (Lancashire) Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (11)
- J.a.jackson Contractors(Preston)limitedRev. £10.8m · Profit £3.6m
- Hurt Plant Hire LtdRev. £0 · Profit £1.4m
- DSD Construction LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Fox Brothers (Bacup) LimitedRev. — · Profit −£490k
- Fox Brothers (Westby) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Fox Managed Services LtdFigures not disclosed
- J.a.jackson Contractors (Leyland) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Jackson Skip & Recycling LimitedFigures not disclosed
- JFS Holdco (2025) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Moore Readymix Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- NMS Civil Engineering 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 Aug 2025 (profit −£178k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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