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Company No. 02957064 · Incorporated 9 Aug 1994

The Benbow Group Limited

Registered name: THE BENBOW GROUP LIMITED

Part of Benbow Trustees Limited group

The 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.

Full P&L filedSection C · ManufacturingSIC 31010Manufacture of office and shop furniture
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”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2025

Key figures

Capital-light
Revenue
£12m
Growth ▼10.7%
Profit
£968k
Growth ▼31.4%
Profit margin
8.1%
Gross 24.9%
Employees
90
Change ▼1.1%
Profit / employee
£10.8k
Revenue/employee £134k
Profitable streak
4yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Dec 202231 Dec 202331 Dec 202431 Dec 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&LFull 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)86899190
Ratios
Profit margin8.8%10.7%10.5%8.1%
Gross margin28%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 conversion203.3%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——
SourceAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024Accounts · bulk data Jul 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026
Derived from the latest filing

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.
Indirect — not revenue

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
Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Benbow Trustees Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Benbow Group Holdings Limited75–100%
  3. The Benbow Group Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Subsidiaries (1)

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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