Bailey Caravans Limited
Registered name: BAILEY CARAVANS LIMITED
Part of Keenwork Limited groupBailey Caravans Limited made £62.4m revenue and a £557k loss in the year to 3 Jul 2026.
Bailey Caravans Limited’s revenue was £62.4m in the year to 3 Jul 2026, with a loss of £557k and 444 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of caravans” and is based in Bristol; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bristol, South West
- Age
- 87 yrs · since 1939
- 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 | 27 Dec 2024 | 2 Jan 2026 | 3 Jul 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £144m | £109m | £62.4m |
| Cost of sales | £120m | £90.2m | £50.1m |
| Gross profit | £24m | £18.6m | £12.3m |
| Operating profit | −£3m | −£7.4m | £107k |
| Profit before tax | −£3.4m | −£8m | −£600k |
| Profit after tax | −£2.6m | −£8.1m | −£557k |
| Profit (best available) | −£2.6m | −£8.1m | −£557k |
| Staff costs | £26m | £21.6m | £10.5m |
| Employees (average) | 582 | 489 | 444 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −1.8% | −7.5% | −0.9% |
| Gross margin | 16.6% | 17.1% | 19.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £248k | £222k | £141k |
| Profit per employee | −£4.4k | −£16.6k | −£1.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼24.6% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼16% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £917k | £1.5k | £19k |
| Net assets | £7.9m | −£211k | −£769k |
| Fixed assets | £6.6m | £6.2m | £12m |
| Current assets | £37.8m | £37.5m | £36.2m |
| Debtors | £610k | £458k | £1.3m |
| Deferred income | £4.3m | £9.5m | £7.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 19.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £141k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£1.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 19.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 11.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.1%
- 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
- —
- Now −£769k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £19k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 444
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £7.2m
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £12m
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
- Keenwork Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Bailey Caravans Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Prima Leisure LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 3 Jul 2026 (profit −£557k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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