Baldwin Boxall Communications Limited
Registered name: BALDWIN BOXALL COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED
Baldwin Boxall Communications Limited made £12.8m revenue and £874k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025. read from filing text
Baldwin Boxall Communications Limited’s revenue grew 7% to £12.8m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £874k profit and 81 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other electrical equipment” and is based in Crowborough; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Crowborough, South East
- Age
- 44 yrs · since 1982
- 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&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) | £10.1m | £10.8m | £12m | £12.8m |
| Cost of sales | £6.1m | £6.8m | £7m | £7.3m |
| Gross profit | £4.1m | £4m | £5m | £5.6m |
| Operating profit | £1.3m | £813k | £1.1m | £979k |
| Profit before tax | £1.3m | £831k | £1.2m | £1m |
| Profit after tax | £1.2m | £792k | £988k | £874k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.2m | £792k | £988k | £874k |
| Staff costs | £3.2m | £3.7m | £4.4m | £4.8m |
| Employees (average) | 67 | 71 | 75 | 81 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 11.6% | 7.3% | 8.2% | 6.8% |
| Gross margin | 40.1% | 37.3% | 41.5% | 43.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £151k | £153k | £160k | £158k |
| Profit per employee | £17.5k | £11.2k | £13.2k | £10.8k |
| Cash conversion | −21.9% | −110.3% | −109% | −129.3% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲7.1% | ▲10.6% | ▲6.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼32.3% | ▲24.8% | ▼11.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6% | ▲5.6% | ▲8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.2m | £1.9m | £2.1m | £2.6m |
| Net assets | £5m | £5.1m | £5.7m | £6.1m |
| Fixed assets | £75.4k | £464k | £1.1m | £1.1m |
| Current assets | £6.3m | £6.1m | £6.8m | £7.4m |
| Debtors | £2.2m | £2.2m | £3.1m | £2.8m |
| Deferred income | £426k | £655k | £1m | £1.1m |
| Cash from operations | −£278k | −£896k | −£1.2m | −£1.3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 43.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £158k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £10.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −129.3%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 8.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 8.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 22.1%
- 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 £6.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲24%
- Now £2.6m
- Headcount
- ▲8%
- Now 81
- Deferred income
- ▲12%
- Now £1.1m
- Fixed assets
- ▲6%
- Now £1.1m
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 £874k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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