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.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full 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) | 102 | 106 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 0.4% | −10.5% |
| Gross margin | 64.8% | 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 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 |
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.
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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