LF Fasthouse Ltd
Registered name: LF FASTHOUSE LTD
LF Fasthouse Ltd made £43.8m revenue and £4.9m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
LF Fasthouse Ltd’s revenue grew 25% to £43.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £4.9m profit and 150 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of veneer sheets and wood-based panels” and is based in Belfast; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Belfast, Northern Ireland
- Age
- 11 yrs · since 2015
- 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 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £35m | £43.8m |
| Cost of sales | £22.7m | £31m |
| Gross profit | £12.3m | £12.8m |
| Operating profit | £5.5m | £6m |
| Profit before tax | £5.2m | £5.4m |
| Profit after tax | £5.2m | £4.9m |
| Profit (best available) | £5.2m | £4.9m |
| Staff costs | £5.6m | £7.1m |
| Employees (average) | 134 | 150 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 14.9% | 11.2% |
| Gross margin | 35.2% | 29.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £261k | £292k |
| Profit per employee | £39k | £32.8k |
| Cash conversion | −106% | −86.4% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲25.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼5.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲11.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £2m | £4m |
| Net assets | £4.9m | £6.6m |
| Fixed assets | £2.3m | £2.2m |
| Current assets | £8.8m | £9.7m |
| Debtors | £846k | £929k |
| Cash from operations | −£5.8m | −£5.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 11.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 29.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £292k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £32.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −86.4%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.1%
- 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
- ▲35%
- Now £6.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲102%
- Now £4m
- Headcount
- ▲12%
- Now 150
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼5%
- Now £2.2m
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- FH Ballyclare LimitedFigures not disclosed
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 2025 (profit £4.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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