Blue Phoenix Limited
Registered name: BLUE PHOENIX LIMITED
Part of Phoenix Advance Limited groupBlue Phoenix Limited made £81.2m revenue and £7.6m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024. read from filing text
Blue Phoenix Limited’s revenue grew 4% to £81.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £7.6m profit and 187 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products” and is based in Bourne; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bourne, East of England
- Age
- 29 yrs · since 1996
- 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: “The immediate parent undertaking is Phoenix Advance Limited which owns 100% of the share capital in the 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £80.9m | £78.3m | £81.2m |
| Cost of sales | £49.6m | £49.9m | £52.8m |
| Gross profit | £31.2m | £28.3m | £28.4m |
| Operating profit | £17.1m | £18.3m | £17.4m |
| Profit before tax | £18.4m | £18.4m | £10.5m |
| Profit after tax | £15.1m | £13.8m | £7.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £15.1m | £13.8m | £7.6m |
| Employees (average) | 181 | 180 | 187 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 18.7% | 17.7% | 9.4% |
| Gross margin | 38.6% | 36.2% | 34.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £447k | £435k | £434k |
| Profit per employee | £83.4k | £76.8k | £40.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼3.2% | ▲3.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼8.5% | ▼44.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼0.5% | ▲3.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £13.9m | £4.8m | £2.9m |
| Net assets | £29.4m | £31.7m | £11.8m |
| Fixed assets | £18.1m | £14.9m | £17.5m |
| Current assets | £26.5m | £32.7m | £19.3m |
| Debtors | £5.8m | £6m | £5.9m |
| Deferred income | £4.5m | £2.9m | £3.7m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 9.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 34.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £434k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £40.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 21.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7.2%
- 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
- ▼63%
- Now £11.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▼40%
- Now £2.9m
- Headcount
- ▲4%
- Now 187
- Deferred income
- ▲30%
- Now £3.7m
- Fixed assets
- ▲17%
- Now £17.5m
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
- Phoenix Advance Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Blue Phoenix Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Ballast Phoenix LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Blue Phoenix Group 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 2024 (profit £7.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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