The Benbow Group Limited
Registered name: THE BENBOW GROUP LIMITED
Part of Benbow Trustees Limited groupThe Benbow Group Limited made £12m revenue and £968k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
The Benbow Group Limited’s revenue fell 11% to £12m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £968k profit and 90 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of office and shop furniture” and is based in Newton Abbot; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Newton Abbot, South West
- Age
- 32 yrs · since 1994
- 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: “Benbow Group Holdings Limited”
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&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10.7m | £12.6m | £13.5m | £12m |
| Cost of sales | £7.7m | £9m | £9.7m | £9m |
| Gross profit | £3m | £3.6m | £3.8m | £3m |
| Operating profit | £1.2m | £1.8m | £1.9m | £1.3m |
| Profit before tax | £1.2m | £1.8m | £1.9m | £1.3m |
| Profit after tax | £942k | £1.4m | £1.4m | £968k |
| Profit (best available) | £942k | £1.4m | £1.4m | £968k |
| Staff costs | £4.1m | £4.7m | £5m | £4.7m |
| Employees (average) | 86 | 89 | 91 | 90 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 8.8% | 10.7% | 10.5% | 8.1% |
| Gross margin | 28% | 28.8% | 28.3% | 24.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £124k | £142k | £148k | £134k |
| Profit per employee | £10.9k | £15.2k | £15.5k | £10.8k |
| Cash conversion | 203.3% | 73.4% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲18% | ▲6.7% | ▼10.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲43.8% | ▲4.3% | ▼31.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲3.5% | ▲2.3% | ▼1.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.4m | £2.5m | £3.7m | £1.7m |
| Net assets | £1.3m | £2m | £2.6m | £2.5m |
| Fixed assets | £900k | £1m | £922k | £850k |
| Current assets | £4.7m | £4.2m | £5.5m | £4.6m |
| Debtors | £1.6m | £523k | £425k | £1.6m |
| Cash from operations | £2.4m | £1.3m | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 24.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £134k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £10.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 7.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.6%
- 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
- ▼1%
- Now £2.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼54%
- Now £1.7m
- Headcount
- ▼1%
- Now 90
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼8%
- Now £850k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Benbow Trustees Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Benbow Group Holdings Limited75–100%
- The Benbow Group Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Benbow Interiors 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 Dec 2025 (profit £968k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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