Freedom Brokers Ltd
Registered name: FREEDOM BROKERS LTD
Part of Freedom Services Group Limited groupFreedom Brokers Ltd made £8.4m revenue and a £1.2m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2023. read from filing text
Freedom Brokers Ltd’s revenue fell 6% to £8.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2023, with a loss of £1.2m and 0 employees. The company is classified under “activities of insurance agents and brokers” and is based in Cheadle; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Liquidation
- Location
- Cheadle, North West
- Age
- 10 yrs · since 2016
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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: “Freedom Services Limited is the immediate parent company. The company's ultimate parent company is Freedom Services Group Limited. Its registered office address is Biz Space, Cheadle Place, Stockport ”
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&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £8.9m | £8.4m |
| Cost of sales | £4.2m | £5.7m |
| Gross profit | £4.7m | £2.7m |
| Operating profit | −£345k | −£2.1m |
| Profit before tax | −£338k | −£2m |
| Profit after tax | −£348k | −£1.2m |
| Profit (best available) | −£348k | −£1.2m |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −3.9% | −13.8% |
| Gross margin | 52.4% | 32.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼6.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £890k | £18.3k |
| Net assets | £217k | −£937k |
| Fixed assets | £2.7m | £1.8m |
| Current assets | £2.1m | £2m |
| Debtors | £770k | £200k |
| Deferred income | £367k | £225k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −13.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 32.1%
- 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
- 21.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.4%
- 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
- ▼531%
- Now −£937k
- Cash at bank
- ▼98%
- Now £18.3k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- ▼39%
- Now £225k
- Fixed assets
- ▼33%
- Now £1.8m
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
- Freedom Services Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Freedom Services Limited75–100%
- Freedom Brokers Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Action 365 LtdIn AdministrationRev. £12.7m · Profit £2.1m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2023 (profit −£1.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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