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Company No. SC068493 · Incorporated 11 Jun 1979

Faith in Nature Limited

Registered name: FAITH IN NATURE LIMITED

Faith in Nature Limited made £17.6m revenue and a £1.8m loss in the year to 30 Jun 2024. read from filing text

Faith in Nature Limited’s revenue grew 11% to £17.6m in the year to 30 Jun 2024, with a loss of £1.8m and 106 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of soap and detergents” and is based in Edinburgh; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.

Status
Active
Location
Edinburgh, Scotland
Age
47 yrs · since 1979
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 ultimate controlling party is Mr A Rose, by virtue of ownership of the majority of ordinary shares.”

Latest accounts · year to 30 Jun 2024

Key figures

Cash flow filed
Revenue
£17.6m
Growth ▲10.9%
Profit
−£1.8m
Growth ▼2658%
Profit margin
−10.5%
Gross 65.3%
Employees
106
Change ▲3.9%
Profit / employee
−£17.3k
Revenue/employee £166k
Profitable streak
0yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

2 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to30 Jun 202330 Jun 2024
DisclosureFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£15.8m£17.6m
Cost of sales£5.6m£6.1m
Gross profit£10.3m£11.5m
Operating profit£341k−£1.4m
Profit before tax£46.6k−£2m
Profit after tax£71.8k−£1.8m
Profit (best available)£71.8k−£1.8m
Staff costs£4.3m£4.8m
Employees (average)102106
Ratios
Profit margin0.4%−10.5%
Gross margin64.8%65.3%
Revenue per employee£155k£166k
Profit per employee£704−£17.3k
Cash conversion−81%—
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲10.9%
Profit growth—▼2658%
Headcount growth—▲3.9%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£134k£40.8k
Net assets£1.3m−£236k
Fixed assets£1.8m£1.9m
Current assets£6.8m£7.5m
Debtors£2.7m£3m
Deferred income£819k£1.4m
Cash from operations−£276k£184k
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
−10.5%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
65.3%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£166k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
−£17.3k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
10.7%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
8.2%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
16.9%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▼118%
Now −£236k
Cash at bank
▼70%
Now £40.8k
Headcount
▲4%
Now 106
Deferred income
▲77%
Now £1.4m
Fixed assets
▲4%
Now £1.9m

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

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Sources

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2024 (profit −£1.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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