Bellway P L C
Registered name: BELLWAY P L C
Bellway P L C made £2.8bn revenue and £158m profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025.
Bellway P L C’s revenue grew 17% to £2.8bn in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £158m profit and 2,746 employees. The company is classified under “development of building projects” and is based in Newcastle Upon Tyne; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Newcastle Upon Tyne, North East
- Age
- 48 yrs · since 1978
- Type
- Public 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 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £3.4bn | £2.4bn | £2.8bn |
| Cost of sales | −£2.8bn | −£2bn | −£2.4bn |
| Gross profit | £649m | £361m | £419m |
| Operating profit | £505m | £213m | £251m |
| Profit before tax | £483m | £184m | £222m |
| Profit after tax | £365m | £131m | £158m |
| Profit (best available) | £365m | £131m | £158m |
| Employees (average) | — | 2,773 | 2,746 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 10.7% | 5.5% | 5.7% |
| Gross margin | 19% | 15.2% | 15.1% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £858k | £1m |
| Profit per employee | — | £47.1k | £57.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼30.1% | ▲16.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼64.3% | ▲20.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▼1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 15.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £57.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼1%
- Now 2,746
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (26)
- Ashberry Homes LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Bellway (Builders) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Bellway (Services) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Bellway Financial Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Bellway Home Space LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Bellway Homes LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Bellway Housing Trust LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Bellway London LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Bellway Properties LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Bellway Trustee Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Bulldog Premium Growth I LimitedFigures not disclosed
- George Blackett LimitedFigures not disclosed
- J. T. B. (Chapel Farm) Estates LimitedFigures not disclosed
- J.t.b.estates LimitedFigures not disclosed
- John T Bell & Sons (1976) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Keepers Lock Management Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Litrose Investments LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Millworks, K Langley Management Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Nixons Kitchens LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Orient Place Management Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Seaton GR SPV 13 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Seaton GR SPV 14 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Seaton Thirteen LimitedFigures not disclosed
- ST James Park (Parcel G) Management Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
- ST James Park (Parcels B and C) Management Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
- ST Mary's Stannington Management Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Jul 2025 (profit £158m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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