Fundamentals Limited
Registered name: FUNDAMENTALS LIMITED
Part of Ea Technology Limited groupFundamentals Limited made £7.6m revenue and £462k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Fundamentals Limited’s revenue fell 9% to £7.6m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £462k profit and 67 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of electricity distribution and control apparatus” and is based in Chester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chester, North West
- Age
- 32 yrs · since 1994
- 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.
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 | Profit only | Profit only | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £8.4m | £7.6m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | −£2.5m | −£2.6m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £5.9m | £5m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £965k | £667k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £878k | £591k |
| Profit after tax | −£26.1k | −£1.1m | £672k | £462k |
| Profit (best available) | −£26.1k | −£1.1m | £672k | £462k |
| Employees (average) | 68 | 71 | 61 | 67 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 8% | 6.1% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 70.2% | 65.6% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £137k | £113k |
| Profit per employee | −£384 | −£15.3k | £11k | £6.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▼9.3% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼31.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4.4% | ▼14.1% | ▲9.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £321k | £167k | £750k | — |
| Net assets | £5.2m | £3.8m | £4.4m | — |
| Fixed assets | £2.6m | £2.1m | £1.7m | — |
| Current assets | £6.1m | £4.8m | £5.2m | — |
| Debtors | £1.8m | £1.5m | £1.1m | — |
| Deferred income | £505k | £464k | £358k | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 65.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £113k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6.9k
- 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
- ▲10%
- Now 67
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Ea Technology Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Fundamentals Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Ferranti Tapchangers LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Powerline Developments LtdFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (1)
- Visnet 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 31 Mar 2025 (profit £462k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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