BB (UK) Ltd
Registered name: BB (UK) LTD
BB (UK) Ltd made £12.1m revenue and £302k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2026.
BB (UK) Ltd’s revenue fell 23% to £12.1m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with £302k profit and 49 employees. The company is classified under “other service activities” and is based in Watford; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Watford, East of England
- Age
- 29 yrs · since 1997
- 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £42.9m | £39.8m | £19.3m | £15.7m | £12.1m |
| Cost of sales | £31.5m | £29.1m | £13.3m | £9.4m | £6m |
| Gross profit | £11.3m | £10.8m | £6m | £6.2m | £6.1m |
| Operating profit | £1.5m | £873k | £253k | £177k | £236k |
| Profit before tax | £1.5m | £907k | £420k | £440k | £415k |
| Profit after tax | £1.4m | £817k | £332k | £361k | £302k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.4m | £817k | £332k | £361k | £302k |
| Staff costs | £3.8m | £4.2m | £2.7m | £2.4m | £2.6m |
| Employees (average) | 61 | 58 | 50 | 50 | 49 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 3.2% | 2.1% | 1.7% | 2.3% | 2.5% |
| Gross margin | 26.4% | 27.1% | 31.2% | 39.8% | 50.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £703k | £687k | £386k | £313k | £248k |
| Profit per employee | £22.3k | £14.1k | £6.6k | £7.2k | £6.2k |
| Cash conversion | 88.1% | 276.5% | 751.5% | 160.3% | −165.4% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼7.1% | ▼51.6% | ▼18.8% | ▼22.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼40% | ▼59.3% | ▲8.7% | ▼16.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4.9% | ▼13.8% | 0% | ▼2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £3.1m | £5m | £6.8m | £6.7m | £6m |
| Net assets | £7.3m | £7.6m | £7.7m | £7.7m | £7.6m |
| Fixed assets | £180k | £90.5k | £56k | £175k | £143k |
| Current assets | £13.1m | £11.5m | £9.7m | £10.2m | £9.3m |
| Debtors | £4.5m | £2.6m | £1.3m | £2.2m | £1.3m |
| Deferred income | £616k | £718k | £529k | £706k | £568k |
| Cash from operations | £1.3m | £2.4m | £1.9m | £284k | −£390k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 50.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £248k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −165.4%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10.7%
- 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 £7.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼10%
- Now £6m
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 49
- Deferred income
- ▼20%
- Now £568k
- Fixed assets
- ▼18%
- Now £143k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2026 (profit £302k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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