Bradley Environmental Consultants Limited
Registered name: BRADLEY ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANTS LIMITED
Part of Vadella Topco Limited groupBradley Environmental Consultants Limited made £14.1m revenue and £1.1m profit in the year to 31 Oct 2024.
Bradley Environmental Consultants Limited’s revenue grew 18% to £14.1m in the year to 31 Oct 2024, with £1.1m profit and 184 employees. The company is classified under “remediation activities and other waste management services” and is based in West Midlands; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- West Midlands, West Midlands
- 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 Oct 2022 | 31 Oct 2023 | 31 Oct 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £12m | £14.1m |
| Cost of sales | — | £7.2m | £7.8m |
| Gross profit | — | £4.7m | £6.4m |
| Operating profit | — | £842k | £1.5m |
| Profit before tax | — | £839k | £1.6m |
| Profit after tax | — | £645k | £1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | — | £645k | £1.1m |
| Staff costs | — | £5.4m | £6.7m |
| Employees (average) | 159 | 162 | 184 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | 5.4% | 8.1% |
| Gross margin | — | 39.5% | 45.1% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £73.9k | £76.8k |
| Profit per employee | — | £4k | £6.2k |
| Cash conversion | — | 141.9% | 61.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲18% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲77.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.9% | ▲13.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £73.5k | £699k | £486k |
| Net assets | £607k | £1m | £1.6m |
| Fixed assets | £346k | £444k | £689k |
| Current assets | £2m | £2.9m | £3.6m |
| Debtors | £1.3m | £2m | £2.8m |
| Deferred income | £37.8k | £39.6k | £153k |
| Cash from operations | — | £1.2m | £947k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 45.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £76.8k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 61.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 19.8%
- 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
- ▲57%
- Now £1.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼30%
- Now £486k
- Headcount
- ▲14%
- Now 184
- Deferred income
- ▲286%
- Now £153k
- Fixed assets
- ▲55%
- Now £689k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Vadella Topco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Vadella Midco 1 Limited75–100%
- Vadella Midco 2 Limited75–100%
- Vadella Bidco Limited75–100%
- Bradley Environmental Consultants Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (7)
- Aquarius Water Solutions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- DFP Services LimitedRev. — · Profit £1.1m
- Green Zone Surveys (UK) LtdFigures not disclosed
- Project Four MM 1 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Roeburn Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Second Element Compliance LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Team Safety Services 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 Oct 2024 (profit £1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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