Besblock Limited
Registered name: BESBLOCK LIMITED
Part of Holcim Participations (UK) Limited groupBesblock Limited made £17.9m revenue and £2.2m profit in the year to 30 Apr 2023. read from filing text
Besblock Limited’s revenue grew 12% to £17.9m in the year to 30 Apr 2023, with £2.2m profit and 51 employees. The company is classified under “dormant company” and is based in Coalville; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active - Proposal to Strike off
- Location
- Coalville, East Midlands
- Age
- 54 yrs · since 1972
- 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 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £16m | £17.9m |
| Cost of sales | £10.6m | £12.2m |
| Gross profit | £5.4m | £5.7m |
| Operating profit | £2.9m | £3m |
| Profit before tax | £2.8m | £2.9m |
| Profit after tax | £2.4m | £2.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.4m | £2.2m |
| Staff costs | £3m | £3.2m |
| Employees (average) | 66 | 51 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 15.1% | 12.1% |
| Gross margin | 33.6% | 31.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £242k | £351k |
| Profit per employee | £36.6k | £42.5k |
| Cash conversion | −126.5% | −107.6% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲11.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼10.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼22.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £345k | £843k |
| Net assets | £9.5m | £11.1m |
| Fixed assets | £10.1m | £10.1m |
| Current assets | £4.3m | £5.5m |
| Debtors | £2.9m | £2.7m |
| Deferred income | £433k | £224k |
| Cash from operations | −£3.6m | −£3.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 12.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 31.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £351k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £42.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −107.6%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 56.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 15%
- 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
- ▲18%
- Now £11.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲145%
- Now £843k
- Headcount
- ▼23%
- Now 51
- Deferred income
- ▼48%
- Now £224k
- Fixed assets
- ▲0%
- Now £10.1m
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
- Holcim Participations (UK) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Holcim UK Holdings 1 Limited75–100%
- Holcim UK Holdings 2 Limited75–100%
- Holcim UK Limited75–100%
- Besblock Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
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From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2023 (profit £2.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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