Fernwood Fuels Limited
Registered name: FERNWOOD FUELS LIMITED
Part of Fernwood Trading Group Limited groupFernwood Fuels Limited made £1.8m revenue and £26.3k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025. read from filing text
Fernwood Fuels Limited’s revenue fell 30% to £1.8m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £26.3k profit and 6 employees. The company is classified under “agents involved in the sale of fuels, ores, metals and industrial chemicals” and is based in Main Road,watnall; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Main Road,watnall, East Midlands
- Age
- 43 yrs · since 1983
- 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: “The ultimate parent undertaking is Fernwood Trading Group Limited. Fernwood Trading Group Limited is controlled by The Roger Holehouse 2005 Trust.”
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&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) | £2.8m | £3.4m | £2.6m | £1.8m |
| Cost of sales | £2.5m | £2.8m | £2.2m | £1.5m |
| Gross profit | £362k | £626k | £367k | £327k |
| Operating profit | £112k | £258k | £25.2k | £34.7k |
| Profit before tax | £108k | £255k | £26.6k | £35.1k |
| Profit after tax | £115k | £246k | £20.1k | £26.3k |
| Profit (best available) | £115k | £246k | £20.1k | £26.3k |
| Staff costs | £177k | £263k | £285k | £278k |
| Employees (average) | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4% | 7.1% | 0.8% | 1.5% |
| Gross margin | 12.8% | 18.2% | 14.2% | 18.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £707k | £574k | £430k | £300k |
| Profit per employee | £28.6k | £41k | £3.4k | £4.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲21.7% | ▼25% | ▼30.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲114.8% | ▼91.8% | ▲30.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲50% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £221k | £394k | £284k | £583k |
| Net assets | £2.4m | £2.6m | £2.6m | £2.6m |
| Fixed assets | £92.1k | £114k | £128k | £113k |
| Current assets | £5.1m | £3.9m | £4.6m | £4m |
| Debtors | £661k | £284k | £376k | £264k |
| Deferred income | £89.6k | £138k | £128k | £134k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 18.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £300k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 6.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 7.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14.7%
- 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
- ▲1%
- Now £2.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲106%
- Now £583k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 6
- Deferred income
- ▲5%
- Now £134k
- Fixed assets
- ▼12%
- Now £113k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Fernwood Trading Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Fernwood Group Limited75–100%
- Fernwood Investments Limited75–100%
- Fernwood Fuels Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Fernwood Transport LimitedRev. £4.9m · Profit £146k
- Fernwood Agriculture LimitedRev. £89.1k · Profit −£123k
- Fernwood Holdings LimitedRev. £0 · Profit £0
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £26.3k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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