Bridge End Limited
Registered name: BRIDGE END LIMITED
Bridge End Limited made £12.8m revenue and a £566k loss in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Bridge End Limited’s revenue fell 28% to £12.8m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with a loss of £566k and 31 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale of automotive fuel in specialised stores” and is based in Alcester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Alcester, West Midlands
- Age
- 61 yrs · since 1965
- 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 | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £16.4m | £18.3m | £17.8m | £12.8m |
| Cost of sales | £14.6m | £16.2m | £16m | £12m |
| Gross profit | £1.7m | £2.1m | £1.9m | £874k |
| Operating profit | — | £906k | £696k | −£131k |
| Profit before tax | £956k | £863k | £658k | −£327k |
| Profit after tax | £738k | £654k | £461k | −£566k |
| Profit (best available) | £738k | £654k | £461k | −£566k |
| Staff costs | £518k | £612k | £587k | £600k |
| Employees (average) | 32 | 33 | 31 | 31 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4.5% | 3.6% | 2.6% | −4.4% |
| Gross margin | 10.4% | 11.7% | 10.4% | 6.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £511k | £555k | £576k | £414k |
| Profit per employee | £23.1k | £19.8k | £14.9k | −£18.3k |
| Cash conversion | — | 107% | −7.1% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲12% | ▼2.6% | ▼28.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼11.4% | ▼29.5% | ▼222.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲3.1% | ▼6.1% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £295k | £543k | £6k | £2.9k |
| Net assets | £5.7m | £6.2m | £7m | £4.1m |
| Fixed assets | £7m | £7.2m | £8.1m | £11.6m |
| Current assets | £1.9m | £2.3m | £2.2m | £1.6m |
| Debtors | £146k | £230k | £87.9k | £197k |
| Deferred income | — | £144k | £104k | £74k |
| Cash from operations | £859k | £969k | −£49.3k | −£1.5m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −4.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 6.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £414k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£18.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 90.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.5%
- 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
- ▼42%
- Now £4.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼52%
- Now £2.9k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 31
- Deferred income
- ▼29%
- Now £74k
- Fixed assets
- ▲42%
- Now £11.6m
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 30 Sep 2025 (profit −£566k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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