Claude Fenton,limited
Registered name: CLAUDE FENTON,LIMITED
Part of Claude Fenton (Holdings) Limited groupClaude Fenton,limited made £23.8k revenue and a £303k loss in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Claude Fenton,limited’s revenue fell 23% to £23.8k in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with a loss of £303k and 3 employees. The company is classified under “development of building projects” and is based in Reading; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Reading, South East
- Age
- 60 yrs · since 1966
- 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: “Claude Fenton (Holdings) Limited”
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 | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.5m | £3.6m | £30.7k | £23.8k |
| Cost of sales | £1.3m | £3.4m | £34.2k | £253k |
| Gross profit | £124k | £127k | −£3.5k | −£230k |
| Operating profit | £57.6k | £35.3k | −£99.7k | −£296k |
| Profit before tax | £56.8k | £34.4k | −£101k | −£296k |
| Profit after tax | £47.9k | £26.5k | −£104k | −£303k |
| Profit (best available) | £47.9k | £26.5k | −£104k | −£303k |
| Employees (average) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.3% | 0.7% | −337.7% | −1276% |
| Gross margin | 8.5% | 3.6% | −11.5% | −965.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £487k | £1.2m | £10.2k | £7.9k |
| Profit per employee | £15.9k | £8.8k | −£34.5k | −£101k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲144.4% | ▼99.1% | ▼22.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼44.6% | ▼490.8% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.3m | £448k | £455k | £6.3k |
| Net assets | £1.5m | £1.5m | £1.4m | £1.1m |
| Fixed assets | £170k | £170k | £150k | £180k |
| Current assets | £4.4m | £3.4m | £2.8m | £5.5m |
| Debtors | £1.6k | £1.4m | £472 | £6.2k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −1276%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- −965.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £7.9k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£101k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 757.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 26.1%
- 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
- ▼22%
- Now £1.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼99%
- Now £6.3k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 3
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲20%
- Now £180k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Claude Fenton (Holdings) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Claude Fenton,limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (14)
- Alan Hadley LimitedRev. £6.3m · Profit −£288k
- Claude Fenton (Plant Hire) LimitedRev. £5.9m · Profit £555k
- 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).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit −£303k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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