Boden & Davies Limited
Registered name: BODEN & DAVIES LIMITED
Boden & Davies Limited made £24.6m revenue and £295k profit in the year to 31 Jan 2025. read from filing text
Boden & Davies Limited’s revenue grew 3% to £24.6m in the year to 31 Jan 2025, with £295k profit and 123 employees. The company is classified under “raising of other animals” and is based in Manchester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Manchester, North West
- Age
- 65 yrs · since 1961
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £18.1m | £21.2m | £23.8m | £24.6m |
| Cost of sales | £6.9m | £9.5m | £10.5m | £10m |
| Gross profit | £11.2m | £11.7m | £13.4m | £14.7m |
| Operating profit | £429k | £1m | £1.8m | £1.1m |
| Profit before tax | £252k | £694k | £1.3m | £414k |
| Profit after tax | £227k | £196k | £988k | £295k |
| Profit (best available) | £227k | £196k | £988k | £295k |
| Staff costs | £3.6m | £3.9m | £4.7m | £5.5m |
| Employees (average) | 95 | 101 | 109 | 123 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.3% | 0.9% | 4.1% | 1.2% |
| Gross margin | 62% | 55.1% | 56.1% | 59.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £191k | £210k | £219k | £200k |
| Profit per employee | £2.4k | £1.9k | £9.1k | £2.4k |
| Cash conversion | −219.5% | −335.5% | −186.3% | −455.2% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲17.1% | ▲12.4% | ▲3.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼13.8% | ▲404.9% | ▼70.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6.3% | ▲7.9% | ▲12.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £384k | £1.7m | £804k | £200k |
| Net assets | £6.4m | £6.4m | £7.3m | £7.4m |
| Fixed assets | £10m | £10.8m | £15.3m | £17.9m |
| Current assets | £7m | £8.6m | £7.9m | £6.5m |
| Debtors | £3.5m | £4.3m | £4.5m | £3.8m |
| Deferred income | £145k | £294k | £340k | £180k |
| Cash from operations | −£942k | −£3.4m | −£3.4m | −£5.2m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 59.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £200k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −455.2%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 72.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 15.3%
- 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
- ▲2%
- Now £7.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼75%
- Now £200k
- Headcount
- ▲13%
- Now 123
- Deferred income
- ▼47%
- Now £180k
- Fixed assets
- ▲17%
- Now £17.9m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jan 2025 (profit £295k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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