Faerch Durham Limited
Registered name: FAERCH DURHAM LIMITED
Part of FPH 2017 Ltd groupFaerch Durham Limited made £130m revenue and a £2.7m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Faerch Durham Limited’s revenue fell 4% to £130m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £2.7m. The company is classified under “manufacture of plastic packing goods” and is based in Durham; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Durham, North East
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £153m | £136m | £130m |
| Cost of sales | −£130m | −£125m | −£121m |
| Gross profit | £23.2m | £10.6m | £9.4m |
| Operating profit | £9.6m | −£56k | £2.5m |
| Profit before tax | −£17.2m | −£7.3m | −£3.5m |
| Profit after tax | −£19.8m | −£7.3m | −£2.7m |
| Profit (best available) | −£19.8m | −£7.3m | −£2.7m |
| Employees (average) | — | — | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −12.9% | −5.4% | −2.1% |
| Gross margin | 15.1% | 7.8% | 7.2% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼11.3% | ▼4.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −2.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 7.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
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- 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
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- FPH 2017 Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Faerch Durham Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Faerch Poole LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Faerch Ukco I LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (1)
- Faerch London 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 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£2.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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