Building Engineering Services Training Limited
Registered name: BUILDING ENGINEERING SERVICES TRAINING LIMITED
Part of B&esa Limited groupBuilding Engineering Services Training Limited made £291k revenue and a £381k loss in the year to 28 Feb 2026.
Building Engineering Services Training Limited’s revenue was £291k in the year to 28 Feb 2026, with a loss of £381k and 7 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in Penrith; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Penrith
- Age
- 33 yrs · since 1993
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 28 Feb 2025 | 28 Feb 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £0 | £291k |
| Cost of sales | −£102k | £7k |
| Gross profit | £102k | £284k |
| Operating profit | £69.8k | −£433k |
| Profit after tax | £659 | −£381k |
| Profit (best available) | £659 | −£381k |
| Employees (average) | 7 | 7 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | — | −131.3% |
| Gross margin | — | 97.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £0 | £41.5k |
| Profit per employee | £94 | −£54.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Profit growth | — | ▼57988% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £100k | £4.9k |
| Net assets | £631k | £249k |
| Fixed assets | £30.7k | £19.8k |
| Current assets | £1.5m | £1.4m |
| Debtors | £144k | £59.7k |
| Deferred income | £173k | £89.1k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −131.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 97.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £41.5k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£54.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 6.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 30.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 20.5%
- 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
- ▼60%
- Now £249k
- Cash at bank
- ▼95%
- Now £4.9k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 7
- Deferred income
- ▼49%
- Now £89.1k
- Fixed assets
- ▼36%
- Now £19.8k
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
- B&esa Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Building Engineering Services Training Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (8)
- Welplan LimitedRev. £1.9m · Profit £360k
- Besa LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Building and Engineering Services Association LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Building Engineering Services Competence Assessment LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Engineering Services Skillcard LtdFigures not disclosed
- Piper Assessment LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Piper Training LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
- Refcom LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 28 Feb 2026 (profit −£381k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 17 Oct 2026
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