B & S Group Limited
Registered name: B & S GROUP LIMITED
Part of UK Energy Services Holdings Limited groupB & S Group Limited made £12.1m revenue and £1.5m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
B & S Group Limited’s revenue grew 87% to £12.1m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £1.5m profit and 74 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of electricity distribution and control apparatus” and is based in Chester; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chester, North West
- Age
- 35 yrs · since 1991
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £6.5m | £12.1m |
| Cost of sales | — | £4.7m | £8.6m |
| Gross profit | — | £1.8m | £3.5m |
| Operating profit | — | £714k | £1.9m |
| Profit before tax | — | £725k | £1.9m |
| Profit after tax | — | £516k | £1.5m |
| Profit (best available) | — | £516k | £1.5m |
| Employees (average) | 35 | 38 | 74 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | 8% | 12.7% |
| Gross margin | — | 28.1% | 29% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £170k | £163k |
| Profit per employee | — | £13.6k | £20.7k |
| Cash conversion | — | −99.5% | −67.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲86.5% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲197.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲8.6% | ▲94.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £71.8k | £537k | £899k |
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £344k | £266k | £702k |
| Cash from operations | — | −£711k | −£1.3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 12.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 29%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £163k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £20.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −67.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 5.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- ▲67%
- Now £899k
- Headcount
- ▲95%
- Now 74
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲164%
- Now £702k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- UK Energy Services Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- B & S Group Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Hinton-Deevex 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 Mar 2025 (profit £1.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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