B.S. Specialist Products Limited
Registered name: B.S. SPECIALIST PRODUCTS LIMITED
B.S. Specialist Products Limited made £8.5m revenue and a £169k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
B.S. Specialist Products Limited’s revenue grew 14% to £8.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £169k and 76 employees. The company is classified under “non-specialised wholesale trade” and is based in Nottingham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Nottingham, East Midlands
- Age
- 31 yrs · since 1995
- Type
- Private Limited Company
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 | Profit only | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £8.2m | £7.5m | £8.5m |
| Cost of sales | £5.9m | £5.2m | £4.7m | £5.4m |
| Gross profit | — | £3m | £2.8m | £3.1m |
| Operating profit | — | £244k | −£80.1k | −£199k |
| Profit before tax | — | £234k | −£86.7k | −£228k |
| Profit after tax | −£34.3k | −£82.1k | −£97.7k | −£169k |
| Profit (best available) | −£34.3k | −£82.1k | −£97.7k | −£169k |
| Staff costs | £292k | £262k | — | — |
| Employees (average) | 9 | 9 | 59 | 76 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | −1% | −1.3% | −2% |
| Gross margin | — | 36.6% | 37.6% | 36.5% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £912k | £127k | £112k |
| Profit per employee | −£3.8k | −£9.1k | −£1.7k | −£2.2k |
| Cash conversion | — | −196.4% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼8.9% | ▲13.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲555.6% | ▲28.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £892k | £698k | £651k | £15.1k |
| Net assets | £2.2m | £2m | £1.2m | £747k |
| Fixed assets | £3.2m | £3.2m | £2.7m | £3m |
| Current assets | £1.7m | £1.3m | £2.1m | £1.8m |
| Debtors | £241k | £180k | £237k | £306k |
| Deferred income | £14.4k | £14.1k | £13.1k | £22.7k |
| Cash from operations | −£260k | −£480k | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 36.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £112k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£2.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 35%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3.6%
- 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
- ▼38%
- Now £747k
- Cash at bank
- ▼98%
- Now £15.1k
- Headcount
- ▲29%
- Now 76
- Deferred income
- ▲73%
- Now £22.7k
- Fixed assets
- ▲9%
- Now £3m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Midway Fencing Contractors 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 −£169k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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