Claude Fenton (Holdings) Limited
Registered name: CLAUDE FENTON (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
Claude Fenton (Holdings) Limited made £14.9m revenue and £1.6m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Claude Fenton (Holdings) Limited’s revenue fell 5% to £14.9m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £1.6m profit and 84 employees. The company is classified under “other specialised construction activities” and is based in Reading; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Reading, South East
- Age
- 77 yrs · since 1949
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £15.7m | £14.9m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | −£9.6m | −£9.5m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £6m | £5.4m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £2.6m | £2m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £3m | £2m |
| Profit after tax | £1.3m | £1.4m | £2m | £1.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.3m | £1.4m | £2m | £1.6m |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 13% | 10.9% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 38.5% | 36.2% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | — | £177k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | — | £19.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▼5.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲7.7% | ▲48.4% | ▼20.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £4.8m | £1.7m | £2m | — |
| Net assets | £27.8m | £28.7m | £30.3m | — |
| Fixed assets | £30.5m | £30.7m | £31.2m | — |
| Current assets | £8.3m | £4.5m | £3.7m | — |
| Debtors | £328k | £423k | £300k | — |
| Deferred income | £1.1m | £1.2m | £1.2m | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 10.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 36.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £177k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £19.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now 84
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (15)
- Alan Hadley LimitedRev. £6.3m · Profit −£288k
- Claude Fenton (Plant Hire) LimitedRev. £5.9m · Profit £555k
- Claude Fenton,limitedRev. £23.8k · Profit −£303k
- Arrowhead Hire LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Claude Fenton (BM) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Claude Fenton (Construction) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Claude Fenton (Plant) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Claude Fenton Estates LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Claude Fenton Manufacturing LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Claw Scaffold LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Fenton Hadley Contracts LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Fenton Technology Solutions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Hill Industrial LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sheerhire LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Southern Hoist Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £1.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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