Norfran Limited
Registered name: NORFRAN LIMITED
Norfran Limited made £8.4m revenue and a £33.5k loss in the year to 30 Jun 2025. read from filing text
Norfran Limited’s revenue fell 25% to £8.4m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with a loss of £33.5k and 67 employees. The company is classified under “casting of light metals” and is based in Glasgow; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Glasgow, Scotland
- Age
- 17 yrs · since 2009
- 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 | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10.7m | £11.6m | £11.3m | £8.4m |
| Cost of sales | £8.9m | £9.6m | £9.4m | £6.9m |
| Gross profit | £1.8m | £2m | £1.8m | £1.5m |
| Operating profit | £302k | £98k | £142k | −£23.5k |
| Profit before tax | £276k | £78.1k | £128k | −£31.7k |
| Profit after tax | £169k | £61.6k | £88.3k | −£33.5k |
| Profit (best available) | £169k | £61.6k | £88.3k | −£33.5k |
| Employees (average) | 88 | 88 | 85 | 67 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.6% | 0.5% | 0.8% | −0.4% |
| Gross margin | 16.5% | 17% | 16.3% | 18% |
| Revenue per employee | £121k | £131k | £133k | £126k |
| Profit per employee | £1.9k | £700 | £1k | −£500 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲8.3% | ▼2.4% | ▼25.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼63.6% | ▲43.5% | ▼137.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▼3.4% | ▼21.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.3m | £814k | £1.2m | £995k |
| Net assets | £4.5m | £4.6m | £4.7m | £4.7m |
| Fixed assets | £3.5m | £3.4m | £3.3m | £3m |
| Current assets | £4m | £4.8m | £3.8m | £4.3m |
| Debtors | £1.9m | £3.1m | £1.8m | £2.3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 18%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £126k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£500
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 35.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 26.9%
- 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
- ▲0%
- Now £4.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼20%
- Now £995k
- Headcount
- ▼21%
- Now 67
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼9%
- Now £3m
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Norfran Plastics 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 30 Jun 2025 (profit −£33.5k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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