Furniss and White (Foundries) Limited
Registered name: FURNISS AND WHITE (FOUNDRIES) LIMITED
Furniss and White (Foundries) Limited made £10.8m revenue and £118k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Furniss and White (Foundries) Limited’s revenue fell 5% to £10.8m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £118k profit and 117 employees. The company is classified under “casting of steel” and is based in Sheffield; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Sheffield, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 46 yrs · since 1980
- 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 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 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) | £8.9m | £10.9m | £11.4m | £10.8m |
| Cost of sales | £5.9m | £7.7m | £8m | £8m |
| Gross profit | £3m | £3.2m | £3.4m | £2.8m |
| Operating profit | £1.1m | £1.1m | £809k | £127k |
| Profit before tax | £1.1m | £1.1m | £831k | £171k |
| Profit after tax | £1.1m | £988k | £693k | £118k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.1m | £988k | £693k | £118k |
| Staff costs | £3.4m | £3.3m | £4.1m | £4.2m |
| Employees (average) | 103 | 104 | 121 | 117 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 12.2% | 9.1% | 6.1% | 1.1% |
| Gross margin | 33.8% | 29.5% | 29.9% | 26% |
| Revenue per employee | £86.2k | £105k | £94.3k | £92.3k |
| Profit per employee | £10.5k | £9.5k | £5.7k | £1k |
| Cash conversion | −48.1% | −91% | −75.9% | −849.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲22.8% | ▲4.7% | ▼5.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼8.6% | ▼29.8% | ▼83% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1% | ▲16.4% | ▼3.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.1m | £2m | £1.7m | £2.1m |
| Net assets | £6m | £6.1m | £6.2m | £5.9m |
| Fixed assets | £1.4m | £1.5m | £1.6m | £1.6m |
| Current assets | £8.3m | £7.3m | £6.6m | £6m |
| Debtors | £3.8m | £3.1m | £3.3m | £2.8m |
| Deferred income | £86.8k | £75.2k | £282k | £88.8k |
| Cash from operations | −£527k | −£981k | −£614k | −£1.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 26%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £92.3k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −849.5%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 14.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.8%
- 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
- ▼5%
- Now £5.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲25%
- Now £2.1m
- Headcount
- ▼3%
- Now 117
- Deferred income
- ▼69%
- Now £88.8k
- Fixed assets
- ▼2%
- Now £1.6m
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 31 Mar 2025 (profit £118k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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