BSW Systems Limited
Registered name: BSW SYSTEMS LIMITED
Part of BSW Holdings Limited groupBSW Systems Limited made £9.4m revenue and £82k profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
BSW Systems Limited’s revenue grew 1% to £9.4m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £82k profit and 68 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures” and is based in Llandow; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Llandow, Wales
- 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 | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £9.3m | £9.4m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £6.3m | £6m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £3m | £3.3m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £118k | £208k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £31.3k | £17.6k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £31.3k | £82k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £31.3k | £82k |
| Staff costs | — | — | £2.1m | £2.4m |
| Employees (average) | 53 | 54 | 63 | 68 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 0.3% | 0.9% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 31.8% | 35.5% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £147k | £138k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £497 | £1.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲0.9% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲161.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.9% | ▲16.7% | ▲7.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £0 | £39.3k | £0 | — |
| Net assets | £686k | £701k | £733k | £815k |
| Fixed assets | £864k | £1.2m | £1.5m | £1.5m |
| Current assets | £2.8m | £3.2m | £3.7m | £4.7m |
| Debtors | £77.5k | £72.5k | £105k | £163k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 35.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £138k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 16%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.7%
- 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
- ▲11%
- Now £815k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲8%
- Now 68
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- Now £1.5m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- BSW Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- BSW Systems Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (11)
- Bus Shelters Ltd.Rev. £8.3m · Profit −£158k
- Cheadle Glass Systems LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Cogent Bus & Coach LtdFigures not disclosed
- Cogent Seating LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Metal Box Manufacturing LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Pixology Media LtdFigures not disclosed
- Powderbox LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Rail Waiting Structures LimitedFigures not disclosed
- SMF (International) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Smfi LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Systemglaze 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 Jun 2025 (profit £82k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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