Michael Davies and Associates Limited
Registered name: MICHAEL DAVIES AND ASSOCIATES LIMITED
Part of Bpost Sa groupMichael Davies and Associates Limited made £54.8m revenue and £2.8m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Michael Davies and Associates Limited’s revenue fell 2% to £54.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £2.8m profit and 484 employees. The company is classified under “operation of warehousing and storage facilities for land transport activities” and is based in Blackburn; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Blackburn, North West
- 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's ultimate parent company, and the largest group in which the results of the company are consolidated is Bpost NV-SA, a company registered in Belgium, copies of their financial statements ”
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) | £53.8m | £58.8m | £55.6m | £54.8m |
| Cost of sales | £31.7m | £31.8m | £28.9m | £27.4m |
| Gross profit | £22.1m | £27m | £26.7m | £27.4m |
| Operating profit | £1.3m | £3.7m | £903k | £1.9m |
| Profit before tax | £1.3m | £4.2m | £1.1m | £2.2m |
| Profit after tax | £572k | £2.5m | −£174k | £2.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £572k | £2.5m | −£174k | £2.8m |
| Staff costs | £14.2m | £16.2m | £18.8m | £18.3m |
| Employees (average) | 483 | 522 | 497 | 484 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.1% | 4.3% | −0.3% | 5.1% |
| Gross margin | 41.1% | 45.9% | 48% | 50% |
| Revenue per employee | £111k | £113k | £112k | £113k |
| Profit per employee | £1.2k | £4.8k | −£350 | £5.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲9.3% | ▼5.4% | ▼1.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲337.8% | ▼106.9% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲8.1% | ▼4.8% | ▼2.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £12.7m | £10.2m | £12.1m | £17.4m |
| Net assets | £35.5m | £25m | £23.9m | £26.7m |
| Fixed assets | £21.8m | £18.3m | £15.3m | £11.6m |
| Current assets | £32.1m | £25.4m | £27m | £32.6m |
| Debtors | £12.4m | £12.6m | £12.4m | £11.7m |
| Deferred income | £293k | £249k | £205k | £161k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 50%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £113k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 21.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 21.3%
- 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 £26.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲44%
- Now £17.4m
- Headcount
- ▼3%
- Now 484
- Deferred income
- ▼21%
- Now £161k
- Fixed assets
- ▼24%
- Now £11.6m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Bpost Sa (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Michael Davies and Associates 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 31 Dec 2025 (profit £2.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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