Bertschi U.K. Limited
Registered name: BERTSCHI U.K. LIMITED
Bertschi U.K. Limited made £19.3m revenue and £1m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Bertschi U.K. Limited’s revenue fell 12% to £19.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1m profit and 136 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Middlesbrough; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Middlesbrough, North East
- Age
- 37 yrs · since 1989
- 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 parent company is Bertschi Holding AG, a company incorporated in Switzerland which prepares group accounts. Bertschi Holding AG is controlled by Hr H J Bertschi and his family.”
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) | £17.4m | £22m | £22m | £19.3m |
| Cost of sales | £6.9m | £7m | £7m | £8.2m |
| Gross profit | £10.6m | £15.1m | £14.9m | £11m |
| Operating profit | £1.7m | £5.4m | £5.1m | £1.6m |
| Profit before tax | £1.4m | £5.1m | £4.8m | £1.5m |
| Profit after tax | £1.1m | £3.9m | £3.6m | £1m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.1m | £3.9m | £3.6m | £1m |
| Staff costs | £6.2m | £6.4m | £6.6m | £6.7m |
| Employees (average) | 141 | 139 | 139 | 136 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 6.4% | 17.6% | 16.2% | 5.3% |
| Gross margin | 60.6% | 68.3% | 68% | 57.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £124k | £159k | £158k | £142k |
| Profit per employee | £7.9k | £27.9k | £25.6k | £7.6k |
| Cash conversion | −84.3% | −114.3% | −124.7% | −505.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲26.4% | ▼0.3% | ▼12.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲247.6% | ▼8.1% | ▼71% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼1.4% | 0% | ▼2.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.5m | £5.1m | £4.3m | £3.8m |
| Net assets | £6m | £9.8m | £13.4m | £14.4m |
| Fixed assets | £12.8m | £13.2m | £13.5m | £14.7m |
| Current assets | £6.1m | £9m | £8.4m | £7.9m |
| Debtors | £2.1m | £1.9m | £2.6m | £1.9m |
| Deferred income | — | £186k | £319k | £373k |
| Cash from operations | −£1.4m | −£6.2m | −£6.4m | −£8.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 57.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £142k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −505.9%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 76.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 9.7%
- 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
- ▲8%
- Now £14.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼11%
- Now £3.8m
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 136
- Deferred income
- ▲17%
- Now £373k
- Fixed assets
- ▲10%
- Now £14.7m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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