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Company No. 02159353 · Incorporated 31 Aug 1987

Bentley Designs (UK) Limited

Registered name: BENTLEY DESIGNS (UK) LIMITED

Part of Bentley Designs Investments Limited group

Bentley Designs (UK) Limited made £11.7m revenue and £30.4k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025. read from filing text

Bentley Designs (UK) Limited’s revenue fell 5% to £11.7m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £30.4k profit and 31 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of furniture, carpets and lighting equipment” and is based in Bicester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection G · Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehiclesSIC 46470Wholesale of furniture, carpets and lighting equipment
Status
Active
Location
Bicester, South East
Age
39 yrs · since 1987
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 company is”

Latest accounts · year to 30 Sep 2025

Key figures

Capital-light
Revenue
£11.7m
Growth ▼5.3%
Profit
£30.4k
Growth ▼49.8%
Profit margin
0.3%
Gross 26.6%
Employees
31
Change ▲3.3%
Profit / employee
£982
Revenue/employee £377k
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 to30 Sep 202230 Sep 202330 Sep 202430 Sep 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)£18.3m£14.1m£12.3m£11.7m
Cost of sales£14.7m£10.6m£9.5m£8.6m
Gross profit£3.6m£3.5m£2.8m£3.1m
Operating profit£897k£664k£148k£21k
Profit before tax£1.1m£516k£82.3k£42.6k
Profit after tax£868k£372k£60.6k£30.4k
Profit (best available)£868k£372k£60.6k£30.4k
Staff costs£1.4m£1.3m£1.3m£1.4m
Employees (average)39353031
Ratios
Profit margin4.8%2.6%0.5%0.3%
Gross margin19.7%24.6%22.9%26.6%
Revenue per employee£468k£402k£411k£377k
Profit per employee£22.3k£10.6k£2k£982
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▼22.9%▼12.4%▼5.3%
Profit growth—▼57.1%▼83.7%▼49.8%
Headcount growth—▼10.3%▼14.3%▲3.3%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£1.3m£3m£1.5m£982k
Net assets£3.3m£3.4m£3.5m£3.5m
Fixed assets£783k£733k£661k£895k
Current assets£14.2m£12.9m£10.1m£9.6m
Debtors£2.9m£3.1m£3m£2.5m
Deferred income£433k£566k£420k£346k
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
0.3%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
26.6%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£377k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£982
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
7.7%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
3%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
21.8%
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
▲1%
Now £3.5m
Cash at bank
▼34%
Now £982k
Headcount
▲3%
Now 31
Deferred income
▼18%
Now £346k
Fixed assets
▲35%
Now £895k

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. Bentley Designs Investments Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Bentley Designs (UK) 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 Sep 2025 (profit £30.4k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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