Etag Fixings UK Limited
Registered name: ETAG FIXINGS UK LIMITED
Etag Fixings UK Limited made £13.9m revenue and a £1.7m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2023.
Etag Fixings UK Limited’s revenue fell 20% to £13.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2023, with a loss of £1.7m and 48 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of wood, construction materials and sanitary equipment” and is based in Salisbury; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- In Administration
- Location
- Salisbury, South West
- 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: “Etag Fixings Holdco Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £17.4m | £13.9m |
| Cost of sales | £13.7m | £11.7m |
| Gross profit | £3.6m | £2.2m |
| Operating profit | −£112k | −£1.6m |
| Profit before tax | −£184k | −£1.7m |
| Profit after tax | −£216k | −£1.7m |
| Profit (best available) | −£216k | −£1.7m |
| Staff costs | £2.5m | £2.6m |
| Employees (average) | 50 | 48 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −1.2% | −12% |
| Gross margin | 20.8% | 16% |
| Revenue per employee | £347k | £289k |
| Profit per employee | −£4.3k | −£34.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼20% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £167k | £216k |
| Net assets | £1.8m | £85.9k |
| Fixed assets | £121k | £261k |
| Current assets | £5.5m | £4.6m |
| Debtors | £3m | £2.3m |
| Deferred income | £216k | £564k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −12%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 16%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £289k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£34.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 16.3%
- 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
- ▼95%
- Now £85.9k
- Cash at bank
- ▲29%
- Now £216k
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 48
- Deferred income
- ▲161%
- Now £564k
- Fixed assets
- ▲115%
- Now £261k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2023 (profit −£1.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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