Bethell Plant Services Limited
Registered name: BETHELL PLANT SERVICES LIMITED
Part of Bethell Group Holdings Ltd groupBethell Plant Services Limited made £2.1m revenue and £173k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Bethell Plant Services Limited’s revenue grew 50% to £2.1m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £173k profit and 0 employees. The company is classified under “construction of other civil engineering projects” and is based in Manchester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Manchester, North West
- Age
- 28 yrs · since 1998
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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: “In the opinion of the directors, at the year-end the Company's ultimate parent company was Bethell Group Holdings Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £13.8k | £827k | £1.4m | £2.1m |
| Cost of sales | £14.4k | £573k | £817k | £1.3m |
| Gross profit | −£582 | £254k | £564k | £804k |
| Operating profit | −£582 | £291k | £407k | £416k |
| Profit before tax | −£582 | £244k | £289k | £232k |
| Profit after tax | −£11.9k | £162k | £259k | £173k |
| Profit (best available) | −£11.9k | £162k | £259k | £173k |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −86.3% | 19.6% | 18.8% | 8.4% |
| Gross margin | −4.2% | 30.7% | 40.8% | 38.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲5893% | ▲67% | ▲49.9% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲59.8% | ▼33.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £132k | £76.9k | £427k | £152k |
| Net assets | −£10.8k | £151k | £911k | £1.1m |
| Fixed assets | £191k | £1.7m | £3.2m | £5m |
| Current assets | £219k | £312k | £785k | £515k |
| Debtors | £86.5k | £0 | £1.5k | £118k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 38.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 239.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 5.7%
- 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
- ▲19%
- Now £1.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼64%
- Now £152k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲53%
- Now £5m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Bethell Group Holdings Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Bethell Property Services Limited75–100%
- Bethell Plant Services Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Bethell Utility Services LimitedRev. £19.7m · Profit £167k
- Bethell Intermediate LimitedRev. £0 · Profit £2.8m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £173k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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