Beesley Fuels Ltd
Registered name: BEESLEY FUELS LTD
Part of Crown Oil Holdings Limited groupBeesley Fuels Ltd made £43.1m revenue and £2.2m profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025. read from filing text
Beesley Fuels Ltd’s revenue grew 7% to £43.1m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £2.2m profit and 21 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of other fuels and related products” and is based in Bury; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bury, North West
- Age
- 29 yrs · since 1997
- 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 directors consider that both the immediate and ultimate parent undertaking is Crown Oil Holdings Limited, a company registered in England and Wales. The largest and smallest group of undertakings ”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jul 2022 | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £39.6m | £44.2m | £40.5m | £43.1m |
| Cost of sales | £34.5m | £39.4m | £36.2m | £37.5m |
| Gross profit | £5m | £4.7m | £4.3m | £5.6m |
| Operating profit | £2.7m | £2.2m | £2m | £3m |
| Profit before tax | £2.7m | £2.2m | £2.1m | £3m |
| Profit after tax | £2.2m | £1.7m | £1.5m | £2.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.2m | £1.7m | £1.5m | £2.2m |
| Staff costs | £1.1m | £1.3m | £1.1m | £1.4m |
| Employees (average) | 20 | 20 | 21 | 21 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5.5% | 3.8% | 3.8% | 5.2% |
| Gross margin | 12.7% | 10.8% | 10.6% | 13% |
| Revenue per employee | £2m | £2.2m | £1.9m | £2.1m |
| Profit per employee | £109k | £84.2k | £72.8k | £107k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲11.7% | ▼8.4% | ▲6.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼22.8% | ▼9.2% | ▲46.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲5% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £430k | £408k | £640k | £231k |
| Net assets | £3.1m | £3.5m | £3.8m | £6m |
| Fixed assets | £1.4m | £1.3m | £1.2m | £2.1m |
| Current assets | £5.1m | £6.9m | £5m | £6m |
| Debtors | £1.7m | £1.2m | £1.6m | £1.5m |
| Deferred income | £260k | £267k | £21k | £104k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 13%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £2.1m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £107k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3.5%
- 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
- ▲60%
- Now £6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼64%
- Now £231k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 21
- Deferred income
- ▲398%
- Now £104k
- Fixed assets
- ▲69%
- Now £2.1m
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
- Crown Oil Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Beesley Fuels Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (3)
- Crown Oil UK LtdFigures not disclosed
- Crown Oil UK Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Fuel Station LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (6)
- Crown Oil LimitedRev. £452m · Profit £16.9m
- Speedy Fuels LimitedRev. £124m · Profit £1.9m
- Nationwide Fuels and Lubricants LtdRev. £15.2m · Profit £207k
- Crown Oil (Environmental) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Crown Oil Treasury LtdFigures not disclosed
- Samuel Cooke & Co 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 Jul 2025 (profit £2.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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