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Company No. 01982336 · Incorporated 24 Jan 1986

Bevan Motor Bodies Limited

Registered name: BEVAN MOTOR BODIES LIMITED

Part of Pab Group Holdings Limited group

Bevan Motor Bodies Limited made £18.2m revenue and £1.2m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text

Bevan Motor Bodies Limited’s revenue fell 39% to £18.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.2m profit and 118 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of bodies (coachwork) for motor vehicles (except caravans)” and is based in Halesowen; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.

Status
Active
Location
Halesowen, West Midlands
Age
40 yrs · since 1986
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 parent company of Bevan Motor Bodies Limited is Bevan Group Limited,”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2025

Key figures

Capital-light
Revenue
£18.2m
Growth ▼39.2%
Profit
£1.2m
Growth ▲46.7%
Profit margin
6.3%
Gross 29.6%
Employees
118
Change ▼7.8%
Profit / employee
£9.7k
Revenue/employee £154k
Profitable streak
4yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Dec 202231 Dec 202331 Dec 202431 Dec 2025
DisclosureFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£16m£25.7m£30m£18.2m
Cost of sales£12.7m£19.4m£22.8m£12.8m
Gross profit£3.3m£6.3m£7.2m£5.4m
Operating profit£351k£985k£1.1m£460k
Profit before tax£338k£975k£1.1m£556k
Profit after tax£259k£737k£784k£1.2m
Profit (best available)£259k£737k£784k£1.2m
Staff costs£3.6m£5.2m£6m£4.7m
Employees (average)102113128118
Ratios
Profit margin1.6%2.9%2.6%6.3%
Gross margin20.8%24.4%24.1%29.6%
Revenue per employee£157k£227k£234k£154k
Profit per employee£2.5k£6.5k£6.1k£9.7k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲60.5%▲16.7%▼39.2%
Profit growth—▲184.7%▲6.5%▲46.7%
Headcount growth—▲10.8%▲13.3%▼7.8%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£1.7m£1.4m£5.5m£5.5m
Net assets£4.8m£5.6m£6.4m£7.5m
Fixed assets£158k£207k£151k£129k
Current assets£8.5m£14.2m£14m£10.8m
Debtors£2.9m£7.3m£4.1m£2.1m
Deferred income£285k£910k£1.4m£819k
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
6.3%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
29.6%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£154k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£9.7k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
0.7%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
4.5%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
11.3%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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 £7.5m
Cash at bank
▼1%
Now £5.5m
Headcount
▼8%
Now 118
Deferred income
▼41%
Now £819k
Fixed assets
▼15%
Now £129k

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Pab Group Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Bevan Group Ltd75–100%
  3. Bevan Motor Bodies Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Sister companies (2)

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 Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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