Cyril Freedman Limited
Registered name: CYRIL FREEDMAN LIMITED
Cyril Freedman Limited made £704k revenue and £571k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2023.
Cyril Freedman Limited’s revenue grew 14% to £704k in the year to 31 Mar 2023, with £571k profit and 2 employees. The company is classified under “buying and selling of own real estate” and is based in Borehamwood; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Borehamwood, East of England
- Age
- 76 yrs · since 1950
- 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £619k | £704k |
| Cost of sales | £2.6k | £17.4k |
| Gross profit | £617k | £687k |
| Operating profit | £564k | £634k |
| Profit before tax | £611k | £701k |
| Profit after tax | £498k | £571k |
| Profit (best available) | £498k | £571k |
| Employees (average) | 2 | 2 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 80.3% | 81% |
| Gross margin | 99.6% | 97.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £310k | £352k |
| Profit per employee | £249k | £285k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲13.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲14.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £461k | £632k |
| Net assets | £3.8m | £4m |
| Fixed assets | £854k | £854k |
| Current assets | £3m | £3.2m |
| Debtors | £32.8k | £55k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 81%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 97.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £352k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £285k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 121.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7.8%
- 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
- ▲4%
- Now £4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲37%
- Now £632k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 2
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- 0%
- Now £854k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2023 (profit £571k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2023. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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