Bedfont Scientific Limited
Registered name: BEDFONT SCIENTIFIC LIMITED
Part of Breathbio Topco Limited groupBedfont Scientific Limited made £9.4m revenue and £1.3m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2024. read from filing text
Bedfont Scientific Limited’s revenue fell 2% to £9.4m in the year to 30 Sep 2024, with £1.3m profit and 55 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other special-purpose machinery” and is based in Harrietsham; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Harrietsham, South East
- Age
- 49 yrs · since 1976
- 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 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £9.6m | £9.4m |
| Cost of sales | — | £3.6m | £3.5m |
| Gross profit | — | £6m | £5.9m |
| Operating profit | — | £2.2m | £1.6m |
| Profit before tax | — | £2.2m | £1.6m |
| Profit after tax | — | £1.9m | £1.3m |
| Profit (best available) | — | £1.9m | £1.3m |
| Staff costs | — | £2.5m | £2.9m |
| Employees (average) | 50 | 53 | 55 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | 19.9% | 13.3% |
| Gross margin | — | 62.5% | 62.6% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £181k | £172k |
| Profit per employee | — | £36.2k | £22.9k |
| Cash conversion | — | −74.2% | −86.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼1.7% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼34.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6% | ▲3.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1.9m | £1.9m | £1.2m |
| Net assets | £3.9m | £4.4m | £3.9m |
| Fixed assets | £213k | £297k | £327k |
| Current assets | £4.7m | £5.9m | £4.9m |
| Debtors | £1.4m | £1.8m | £1.9m |
| Deferred income | — | £11.5k | £11.5k |
| Cash from operations | — | −£1.6m | −£1.4m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 13.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 62.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £172k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £22.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −86.8%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 19.6%
- 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
- ▼11%
- Now £3.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▼37%
- Now £1.2m
- Headcount
- ▲4%
- Now 55
- Deferred income
- 0%
- Now £11.5k
- Fixed assets
- ▲10%
- Now £327k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Breathbio Topco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Breathbio Midco Limited75–100%
- Breathbio Bidco Limited75–100%
- Bedfont Scientific Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Bedfont Property LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2024 (profit £1.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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