Biesse Group UK Limited
Registered name: BIESSE GROUP UK LIMITED
Part of Biesse Spa groupBiesse Group UK Limited made £28.4m revenue and £571k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Biesse Group UK Limited’s revenue fell 24% to £28.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £571k profit and 89 employees. The company is classified under “installation of industrial machinery and equipment” and is based in Northamptonshire; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Northamptonshire, East Midlands
- Age
- 33 yrs · since 1992
- 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 directors consider that the immediate controlling party of this company is the parent company Biesse S.p.A., which is incorporated in Italy and listed on the Italian stock market.Copies of the fin”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £30.1m | £37.5m | £28.4m |
| Cost of sales | £20.5m | £26.6m | £18m |
| Gross profit | £9.7m | £10.9m | £10.5m |
| Operating profit | £1.7m | £2.3m | £109k |
| Profit before tax | £2m | £3m | £815k |
| Profit after tax | £1.6m | £2.2m | £571k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.6m | £2.2m | £571k |
| Staff costs | £5.6m | £6.1m | £6.7m |
| Employees (average) | 83 | 90 | 89 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 5.3% | 6% | 2% |
| Gross margin | 32% | 29.1% | 36.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £363k | £417k | £319k |
| Profit per employee | £19.3k | £25k | £6.4k |
| Cash conversion | −89.5% | −71.9% | 141.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲24.6% | ▼24.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲40.3% | ▼74.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲8.4% | ▼1.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £80.8k | £69.3k | £96k |
| Net assets | £2.5m | £3.3m | £3.3m |
| Fixed assets | £493k | £467k | £455k |
| Current assets | £18.4m | £17.4m | £18.9m |
| Debtors | £3m | £4.1m | £3.8m |
| Deferred income | £9.4m | £8.5m | £8.9m |
| Cash from operations | −£1.6m | −£1.6m | £154k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 36.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £319k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 141.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 31.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.4%
- 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
- ▲2%
- Now £3.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲39%
- Now £96k
- Headcount
- ▼1%
- Now 89
- Deferred income
- ▲5%
- Now £8.9m
- Fixed assets
- ▼3%
- Now £455k
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
- Biesse Spa (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Biesse Group 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 31 Dec 2024 (profit £571k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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