Bowmer-Bond Narrow Fabrics Limited
Registered name: BOWMER-BOND NARROW FABRICS LIMITED
Part of Bowmer Bond Trustees Limited groupBowmer-Bond Narrow Fabrics Limited made £10.6m revenue and £223k profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Bowmer-Bond Narrow Fabrics Limited’s revenue grew 2% to £10.6m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £223k profit and 99 employees. The company is classified under “weaving of textiles” and is based in Derbyshire.; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Derbyshire., East Midlands
- Age
- 69 yrs · since 1957
- 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 | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £12.1m | £11.8m | £10.4m | £10.6m |
| Cost of sales | £7.4m | £6.7m | £6.1m | £6.3m |
| Gross profit | £4.7m | £5m | £4.3m | £4.4m |
| Operating profit | £809k | £850k | £240k | £217k |
| Profit before tax | £811k | £866k | £254k | £227k |
| Profit after tax | £809k | £815k | £237k | £223k |
| Profit (best available) | £809k | £815k | £237k | £223k |
| Staff costs | £3m | £3.2m | £3.2m | £3.4m |
| Employees (average) | 104 | 99 | 98 | 99 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 6.7% | 6.9% | 2.3% | 2.1% |
| Gross margin | 38.8% | 42.7% | 41.8% | 41.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £116k | £119k | £106k | £108k |
| Profit per employee | £7.8k | £8.2k | £2.4k | £2.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼2.8% | ▼11.7% | ▲2.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲0.8% | ▼71% | ▼5.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4.8% | ▼1% | ▲1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.5m | £747k | £800k | £614k |
| Net assets | £9m | £4.9m | £4.2m | £3.3m |
| Fixed assets | £379k | £305k | £373k | £321k |
| Current assets | £10.4m | £6.2m | £5.4m | £4.8m |
| Debtors | £2.5m | £1.9m | £1.9m | £1.9m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 41.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £108k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 17.9%
- 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
- ▼21%
- Now £3.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼23%
- Now £614k
- Headcount
- ▲1%
- Now 99
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼14%
- Now £321k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Bowmer Bond Trustees Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Bowmer Bond (Holdings) Limited75–100%
- Bowmer-Bond Narrow Fabrics Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- BB Ashbourne LimitedRev. £0 · Profit £1.1m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit £223k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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