Fowler & Gilbert Ltd
Registered name: FOWLER & GILBERT LTD
Part of L Gilbert Holdings Ltd groupFowler & Gilbert Ltd made £13.1m revenue and £404k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025. read from filing text
Fowler & Gilbert Ltd’s revenue was £13.1m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £404k profit and 48 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures” and is based in Market Drayton; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Market Drayton, West Midlands
- Age
- 15 yrs · since 2011
- 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: “The parent company of Fowler & Gilbert Ltd is”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £13.1m | £13.1m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £9m | £9.4m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £4m | £3.7m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £981k | £597k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £982k | £563k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £732k | £404k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £732k | £404k |
| Staff costs | — | — | £1.6m | £1.7m |
| Employees (average) | 32 | 43 | 44 | 48 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 5.6% | 3.1% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 30.9% | 28.2% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £297k | £272k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £16.6k | £8.4k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | −102.4% | −67.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▼0.2% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼44.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲34.4% | ▲2.3% | ▲9.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1m | £1.4m | £991k | £621k |
| Net assets | £551k | £551k | £563k | £617k |
| Fixed assets | £549k | £429k | £443k | £455k |
| Current assets | £4m | £4.5m | £5m | £5.7m |
| Debtors | £2m | £1.3m | £1.3m | £1.5m |
| Deferred income | — | — | £160k | £231k |
| Cash from operations | — | — | −£1m | −£401k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 28.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £272k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £8.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −67.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11.4%
- 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
- ▲10%
- Now £617k
- Cash at bank
- ▼37%
- Now £621k
- Headcount
- ▲9%
- Now 48
- Deferred income
- ▲45%
- Now £231k
- Fixed assets
- ▲3%
- Now £455k
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
- L Gilbert Holdings Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Fowler & Gilbert Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- L G Farms 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 30 Sep 2025 (profit £404k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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