Bleach of Lavant Limited
Registered name: BLEACH OF LAVANT LIMITED
Part of Ronit UK Holdings Limited groupBleach of Lavant Limited made £13.3m revenue and a £577k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2024. read from filing text
Bleach of Lavant Limited’s revenue fell 6% to £13.3m in the year to 31 Mar 2024, with a loss of £577k and 114 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Pershore; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Pershore, West Midlands
- Age
- 71 yrs · since 1955
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £14.5m | £14.1m | £13.3m |
| Cost of sales | £12.1m | £12.6m | £12.1m |
| Gross profit | £2.5m | £1.5m | £1.2m |
| Operating profit | £955k | £32.6k | −£550k |
| Profit before tax | £924k | −£11.7k | −£635k |
| Profit after tax | £672k | £60.3k | −£577k |
| Profit (best available) | £672k | £60.3k | −£577k |
| Staff costs | £4.5m | £5.2m | £5.1m |
| Employees (average) | 104 | 111 | 114 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 4.6% | 0.4% | −4.3% |
| Gross margin | 16.9% | 10.7% | 9.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £140k | £127k | £117k |
| Profit per employee | £6.5k | £543 | −£5.1k |
| Cash conversion | −118% | −3178% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼3.2% | ▼5.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼91% | ▼1057% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6.7% | ▲2.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £705k | £695k | £1.1k |
| Net assets | £2.7m | £2.7m | £2.1m |
| Fixed assets | £3.2m | £3.2m | £4.1m |
| Current assets | £3.4m | £3m | £2.7m |
| Debtors | £2.2m | £1.7m | £2.2m |
| Deferred income | £449k | £238k | £164k |
| Cash from operations | −£1.1m | −£1m | −£372k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −4.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 9.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £117k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£5.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 30.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 16.9%
- 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
- ▼22%
- Now £2.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼100%
- Now £1.1k
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 114
- Deferred income
- ▼31%
- Now £164k
- Fixed assets
- ▲26%
- Now £4.1m
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
- Ronit UK Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Bleach of Lavant Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (4)
- Floate Holdings LimitedRev. — · Profit −£180
- Geoffrey Richard Ford LimitedFigures not disclosed
- RGF Logistics LimitedFigures not disclosed
- RGF Logistics.com 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 31 Mar 2024 (profit −£577k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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