Bus Shelters Ltd.
Registered name: BUS SHELTERS LTD.
Part of BSW Holdings Limited groupBus Shelters Ltd. made £8.3m revenue and a £158k loss in the year to 30 Jun 2025. read from filing text
Bus Shelters Ltd.’s revenue grew 5% to £8.3m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with a loss of £158k and 37 employees. The company is classified under “other specialised construction activities” 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 | 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) | £7.8m | £6.8m | £7.9m | £8.3m |
| Cost of sales | £7.1m | £5.8m | £6.7m | £7.2m |
| Gross profit | £763k | £956k | £1.2m | £1.1m |
| Operating profit | £68k | −£26.5k | £161k | £154k |
| Profit before tax | £39k | −£150k | −£170k | £41.8k |
| Profit after tax | £39k | £21.5k | −£146k | −£158k |
| Profit (best available) | £39k | £21.5k | −£146k | −£158k |
| Employees (average) | 51 | 39 | 37 | 37 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.5% | 0.3% | −1.8% | −1.9% |
| Gross margin | 9.8% | 14.2% | 15.3% | 13% |
| Revenue per employee | £153k | £173k | £214k | £224k |
| Profit per employee | £765 | £551 | −£3.9k | −£4.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼13.6% | ▲17% | ▲4.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼44.9% | ▼778.1% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼23.5% | ▼5.1% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £69.2k | £1m | £113k | £155k |
| Net assets | £2.1m | £2.3m | £2.5m | £2.8m |
| Fixed assets | £797k | £699k | £602k | £507k |
| Current assets | £3.1m | £4.6m | £3.9m | £3.6m |
| Debtors | £1m | £1m | £719k | £838k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −1.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 13%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £224k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£4.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 6.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10.1%
- 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
- ▲12%
- Now £2.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲37%
- Now £155k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 37
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼16%
- Now £507k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- BSW Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Bus Shelters Ltd.this company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Pixology Outdoor LtdFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (11)
- BSW Systems LimitedRev. £9.4m · Profit £82k
- 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 −£158k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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