A D Burs Limited
Registered name: A D BURS LIMITED
A D Burs Limited made £42.8m revenue and £365k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
A D Burs Limited’s revenue fell 5% to £42.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £365k profit and 293 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies” and is based in Gloucester; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Gloucester, South West
- Age
- 31 yrs · since 1995
- 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: “Molar Dental Supply, Inc.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £44.8m | £42.8m |
| Cost of sales | £33.5m | £30.7m |
| Gross profit | £11.3m | £12.1m |
| Operating profit | £2.3m | £4m |
| Profit before tax | £2m | £3.7m |
| Profit after tax | £980k | £365k |
| Profit (best available) | £980k | £365k |
| Staff costs | £15.2m | £14.7m |
| Employees (average) | 303 | 293 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 2.2% | 0.9% |
| Gross margin | 25.2% | 28.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £148k | £146k |
| Profit per employee | £3.2k | £1.2k |
| Cash conversion | 294.5% | 126.6% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼4.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼62.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼3.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £4.8m | £1.5m |
| Net assets | £18.5m | £17.8m |
| Fixed assets | £8.5m | £11.5m |
| Current assets | £10.4m | £6.8m |
| Debtors | £3.9m | £3.4m |
| Cash from operations | £6.9m | £5m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 28.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £146k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 126.6%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 27%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 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
- ▼3%
- Now £17.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▼69%
- Now £1.5m
- Headcount
- ▼3%
- Now 293
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲36%
- Now £11.5m
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Prima Healthcare Group LimitedRev. £42.8m · Profit £2.1m
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 £365k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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