Frontbench Limited
Registered name: FRONTBENCH LIMITED
Frontbench Limited made £44.4m revenue and £2.2m profit in the year to 31 Jan 2026.
Frontbench Limited’s revenue grew 6% to £44.4m in the year to 31 Jan 2026, with £2.2m profit and 360 employees. The company is classified under “landscape service activities” and is based in Norwich; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Norwich, East of England
- Age
- 18 yrs · since 2008
- 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 Jan 2022 | 31 Jan 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 | 31 Jan 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £35.7m | £42m | £44.4m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | −£29.4m | −£33.4m | −£35.4m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £6.3m | £8.6m | £9m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £2.1m | £2.9m | £2.7m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £2.5m | £3.4m | £3m |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £1.8m | £2.4m | £2.2m |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £1.8m | £2.4m | £2.2m |
| Employees (average) | 2 | 2 | 408 | 418 | 360 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 5.1% | 5.8% | 5% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 17.6% | 20.5% | 20.3% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £87.5k | £100k | £123k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £4.4k | £5.8k | £6.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲17.7% | ▲5.7% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲34.1% | ▼8% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲20300% | ▲2.5% | ▼13.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £799k | £428k | — | — | — |
| Net assets | £4.9m | £5.5m | — | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £4.7m | £5.4m | — | — | — |
| Current assets | £801k | £431k | — | — | — |
| Debtors | £1.1k | £1.1k | — | — | — |
| Deferred income | £8.3k | £10.7k | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 20.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £123k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6.2k
- 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
- —
- 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
- ▼14%
- Now 360
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- R.& J.m.place 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 Jan 2026 (profit £2.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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