Furnish 1 Ltd
Registered name: FURNISH 1 LTD
Furnish 1 Ltd made £7.5m revenue and £1.4m profit in the year to 31 Aug 2023.
Furnish 1 Ltd’s revenue grew 49% to £7.5m in the year to 31 Aug 2023, with £1.4m profit and 15 employees. The company is classified under “non-specialised wholesale trade” and is based in Cardiff; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active - Proposal to Strike off
- Location
- Cardiff, Wales
- Age
- 8 yrs · since 2018
- 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 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £5m | £7.5m |
| Cost of sales | £3.7m | £5.3m |
| Gross profit | £1.4m | £2.2m |
| Operating profit | £1m | £1.7m |
| Profit before tax | £1m | £1.7m |
| Profit after tax | £866k | £1.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £866k | £1.4m |
| Employees (average) | 9 | 15 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 17.2% | 18.2% |
| Gross margin | 27.4% | 29.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £560k | £501k |
| Profit per employee | £96.2k | £91.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲49.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲57.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲66.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £394k | £426k |
| Net assets | £2.8m | £4.1m |
| Fixed assets | £1.2m | £1.7m |
| Current assets | £1.9m | £3m |
| Debtors | £904k | £1.5m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 18.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 29.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £501k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £91.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 22.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 19.6%
- 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
- ▲49%
- Now £4.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲8%
- Now £426k
- Headcount
- ▲67%
- Now 15
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲40%
- Now £1.7m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Aug 2023 (profit £1.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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