Bernhard & Co. Limited
Registered name: BERNHARD & CO. LIMITED
Part of Bernhard & Co. Holdings Limited groupBernhard & Co. Limited made £15.9m revenue and £1.2m profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Bernhard & Co. Limited’s revenue grew 22% to £15.9m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £1.2m profit and 61 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of agricultural and forestry machinery other than tractors” and is based in Haverhill; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Haverhill, East of England
- Age
- 42 yrs · since 1984
- 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 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £11m | £13.1m | £15.9m |
| Cost of sales | — | £6.8m | £7.9m | £9.5m |
| Gross profit | — | £4.2m | £5.2m | £6.4m |
| Operating profit | — | £660k | £1.1m | £1.7m |
| Profit before tax | — | £562k | £1m | £1.6m |
| Profit after tax | £889k | £603k | £581k | £1.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £889k | £603k | £581k | £1.2m |
| Staff costs | — | £2.2m | £2.6m | £2.8m |
| Employees (average) | 47 | 51 | 58 | 61 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 5.5% | 4.4% | 7.4% |
| Gross margin | — | 38.4% | 40% | 40.4% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £216k | £226k | £261k |
| Profit per employee | £18.9k | £11.8k | £10k | £19.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲19.1% | ▲21.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼32.2% | ▼3.7% | ▲102.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲8.5% | ▲13.7% | ▲5.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £398k | £2.1k | £2.5k | £836k |
| Net assets | £3.9m | £4.7m | £4.9m | £6m |
| Fixed assets | £3.4m | £3.4m | £3.1m | £2.9m |
| Current assets | £4.2m | £5.1m | £5.2m | £6.6m |
| Debtors | £1.3m | £1.9m | £1.5m | £2.4m |
| Deferred income | £524k | £277k | £331k | £468k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 40.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £261k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £19.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 18.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.9%
- 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
- ▲23%
- Now £6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲33538%
- Now £836k
- Headcount
- ▲5%
- Now 61
- Deferred income
- ▲41%
- Now £468k
- Fixed assets
- ▼6%
- Now £2.9m
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
- Bernhard & Co. Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Bernhard & Co. Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit £1.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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