BCL Timber Projects Limited
Registered name: BCL TIMBER PROJECTS LIMITED
BCL Timber Projects Limited made £4.3m revenue and £172k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
BCL Timber Projects Limited’s revenue grew 88% to £4.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £172k profit and 20 employees. The company is classified under “other specialised construction activities” and is based in Reading; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Reading, South East
- Age
- 52 yrs · since 1974
- 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. From the filing: “The company is under the control of the director B Barrett.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 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) | £2.5m | £3.7m | £2.3m | £4.3m |
| Cost of sales | £1.7m | £2.5m | £1.4m | £2.9m |
| Gross profit | £744k | £1.1m | £937k | £1.4m |
| Operating profit | −£1.3k | £177k | £32.6k | £214k |
| Profit before tax | £4.7k | £188k | £54.9k | £237k |
| Profit after tax | £4.7k | £188k | £54.9k | £172k |
| Profit (best available) | £4.7k | £188k | £54.9k | £172k |
| Employees (average) | 23 | 22 | 20 | 20 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.2% | 5.1% | 2.4% | 4% |
| Gross margin | 30% | 30.8% | 40.8% | 32% |
| Revenue per employee | £108k | £167k | £115k | £216k |
| Profit per employee | £205 | £8.6k | £2.7k | £8.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲48% | ▼37.6% | ▲88.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲3893% | ▼70.8% | ▲212.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4.3% | ▼9.1% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £657k | £606k | £770k | £431k |
| Net assets | £1.6m | £1.7m | £1.7m | £1.7m |
| Fixed assets | £150k | £147k | £132k | £94k |
| Current assets | £1.6m | £1.7m | £1.7m | £2.1m |
| Debtors | £268k | £343k | £193k | £290k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 32%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £216k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £8.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 6.7%
- 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
- ▲6%
- Now £1.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼44%
- Now £431k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 20
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼29%
- Now £94k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £172k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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