Franke Coffee Systems UK Limited
Registered name: FRANKE COFFEE SYSTEMS UK LIMITED
Franke Coffee Systems UK Limited made £34.1m revenue and £903k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Franke Coffee Systems UK Limited’s revenue grew 5% to £34.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £903k profit and 174 employees. The company is classified under “repair of other equipment” and is based in ST Albans; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- ST Albans, East of England
- Age
- 19 yrs · since 2007
- 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 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 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 | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £17.6m | £27.8m | £28m | £32.6m | £34.1m |
| Cost of sales | £10.4m | £16.2m | £16.2m | £18.4m | £19m |
| Gross profit | £7.1m | £11.6m | £11.7m | £14.1m | £15.1m |
| Operating profit | −£2m | £2.1m | £2m | £493k | £948k |
| Profit before tax | −£2.1m | £2m | £2m | £547k | £903k |
| Profit (best available) | −£2.1m | £2m | £2m | £547k | £903k |
| Staff costs | £5.4m | £6.8m | £8.2m | £9.3m | £10.2m |
| Employees (average) | 126 | 119 | 143 | 172 | 174 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | −12.1% | 7% | 7.2% | 1.7% | 2.6% |
| Gross margin | 40.6% | 41.7% | 42% | 43.4% | 44.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £139k | £233k | £196k | £189k | £196k |
| Profit per employee | −£16.9k | £16.4k | £14.2k | £3.2k | £5.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲58% | ▲0.8% | ▲16.5% | ▲4.7% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲3.9% | ▼73% | ▲65.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼5.6% | ▲20.2% | ▲20.3% | ▲1.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £5.4m | £7.5m | £8.6m | £3.6m | £2.2m |
| Net assets | £13.1m | £14.5m | £16m | £9.9m | £10.8m |
| Debtors | £4.5m | £5.4m | £5.4m | £5.4m | £5.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 44.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £196k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5.2k
- 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
- 15.1%
- 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
- ▲8%
- Now £10.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▼39%
- Now £2.2m
- Headcount
- ▲1%
- Now 174
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £903k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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