Boud Minerals Limited
Registered name: BOUD MINERALS LIMITED
Boud Minerals Limited made £18.7m revenue and £1.2m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Boud Minerals Limited’s revenue grew 5% to £18.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.2m profit and 79 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products” and is based in Lincolnshire; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Lincolnshire, East of England
- Age
- 41 yrs · since 1985
- 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. From the filing: “The ultimate controlling party is Mr F Boud who holds a majority shareholding in the company.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 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) | £14.3m | £16.3m | £17.8m | £18.7m |
| Cost of sales | £10m | £10.8m | £11m | £10.8m |
| Gross profit | £4.3m | £5.4m | £6.8m | £7.9m |
| Operating profit | £408k | £721k | £1m | £1.7m |
| Profit before tax | £363k | £626k | £947k | £1.6m |
| Profit after tax | £361k | £536k | £711k | £1.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £361k | £536k | £711k | £1.2m |
| Staff costs | £2.4m | £2.8m | £3.4m | £3.7m |
| Employees (average) | 60 | 65 | 77 | 79 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.5% | 3.3% | 4% | 6.3% |
| Gross margin | 30.2% | 33.4% | 38% | 42.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £239k | £251k | £231k | £237k |
| Profit per employee | £6k | £8.2k | £9.2k | £14.9k |
| Cash conversion | −224.2% | −158.8% | −199.6% | −91.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲13.6% | ▲9% | ▲5.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲48.7% | ▲32.6% | ▲65.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲8.3% | ▲18.5% | ▲2.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £80k | £269k | £717k | £316k |
| Net assets | £5.1m | £5.5m | £6.2m | £7.3m |
| Fixed assets | £4.5m | £5m | £5.4m | £8.2m |
| Current assets | £4.8m | £5.1m | £4.9m | £5.1m |
| Debtors | £1.4m | £1.5m | £1.2m | £1.3m |
| Deferred income | £104k | £288k | £202k | £285k |
| Cash from operations | −£916k | −£1.1m | −£2.1m | −£1.6m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 42.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £237k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £14.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −91.9%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 44%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 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
- ▲18%
- Now £7.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼56%
- Now £316k
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 79
- Deferred income
- ▲41%
- Now £285k
- Fixed assets
- ▲52%
- Now £8.2m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (2)
- Boud Minerals & Polymers LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Mineral Coatings LimitedFigures 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 31 Dec 2025 (profit £1.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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