Firman Export Limited
Registered name: FIRMAN EXPORT LIMITED
Part of Grouptype Limited groupFirman Export Limited made £32m revenue and £409k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025. read from filing text
Firman Export Limited’s revenue fell 4% to £32m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £409k profit and 6 employees. The company is classified under “non-specialised wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco” and is based in Ruislip; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Ruislip, London
- Age
- 13 yrs · since 2013
- 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 company is a subsidiary of”
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 | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £13.4m | £25m | £33.4m | £32m |
| Cost of sales | £12.9m | £24.2m | £31.6m | £31.1m |
| Gross profit | £458k | £825k | £1.8m | £898k |
| Operating profit | £368k | £516k | £1.2m | £540k |
| Profit before tax | £371k | £519k | £1.2m | £547k |
| Profit after tax | £299k | £403k | £924k | £409k |
| Profit (best available) | £299k | £403k | £924k | £409k |
| Staff costs | £80.8k | £178k | £359k | £361k |
| Employees (average) | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.2% | 1.6% | 2.8% | 1.3% |
| Gross margin | 3.4% | 3.3% | 5.3% | 2.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £2.7m | £4.2m | £5.6m | £5.3m |
| Profit per employee | £59.8k | £67.1k | £154k | £68.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲87.1% | ▲33.6% | ▼4.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲34.7% | ▲129.4% | ▼55.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲20% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3.6m | £4.7m | £5.3m | £6.9m |
| Net assets | £1.3m | £1.7m | £2.7m | £3.1m |
| Fixed assets | £1.1k | £810 | £1.2k | £838 |
| Current assets | £6.7m | £8.5m | £10.3m | £10.8m |
| Debtors | £707k | £1.8m | £2.3m | £1.7m |
| Deferred income | £0 | £86.8k | £226k | £0 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 2.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £5.3m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £68.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 5.3%
- 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
- ▲15%
- Now £3.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲30%
- Now £6.9m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 6
- Deferred income
- ▼100%
- Now £0
- Fixed assets
- ▼33%
- Now £838
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Grouptype Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Firman Export Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
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 £409k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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