Formed Group Limited
Registered name: FORMED GROUP LIMITED
Formed Group Limited made £20.4m revenue and £1.8m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Formed Group Limited’s revenue grew 22% to £20.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.8m profit and 49 employees. The company is classified under “non-specialised wholesale trade” and is based in Lincoln; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Lincoln, East Midlands
- Age
- 15 yrs · since 2011
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £13.8m | £16.7m | £20.4m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £9.1m | £10m | £12.6m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £4.7m | £6.7m | £7.8m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £834k | £2.4m | £2.2m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £841k | £2.4m | £2.4m |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £643k | £1.8m | £1.8m |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £643k | £1.8m | £1.8m |
| Staff costs | — | — | £2.3m | £2.5m | £2.8m |
| Employees (average) | 34 | 40 | 43 | 45 | 49 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 4.7% | 11% | 8.6% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 34.2% | 40% | 38.2% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £322k | £371k | £417k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £14.9k | £40.7k | £35.7k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | −128.6% | 28.6% | −108% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲20.8% | ▲22.3% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲184.8% | ▼4.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲17.6% | ▲7.5% | ▲4.7% | ▲8.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £885k | £189k | £1m | £196k | £1.2m |
| Net assets | £1.9m | £2.3m | £3m | £4.4m | £5.8m |
| Fixed assets | £119k | £202k | £306k | £309k | £543k |
| Current assets | £4.8m | £4.9m | £5.6m | £8m | £8.6m |
| Debtors | £2.1m | £1.5m | £1.6m | £2m | £2.5m |
| Deferred income | — | — | — | £102k | £270k |
| Cash from operations | — | — | −£1.1m | £696k | −£2.3m |
| Source | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 38.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £417k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £35.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −108%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 12.2%
- 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
- ▲31%
- Now £5.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲492%
- Now £1.2m
- Headcount
- ▲9%
- Now 49
- Deferred income
- ▲165%
- Now £270k
- Fixed assets
- ▲76%
- Now £543k
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 FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £1.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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