Preminox Ltd
Registered name: PREMINOX LTD
Part of B D I Group Ltd groupPreminox Ltd made £18m revenue and £10.9k profit in the year to 29 Sep 2025.
Preminox Ltd’s revenue fell 6% to £18m in the year to 29 Sep 2025, with £10.9k profit and 35 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of metals and metal ores” and is based in Tamworth; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Tamworth, West Midlands
- Age
- 28 yrs · since 1998
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 29 Sep 2022 | 29 Sep 2023 | 29 Sep 2024 | 29 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £22m | £22.5m | £19.1m | £18m |
| Cost of sales | £16.4m | £17.4m | £15.1m | £14.1m |
| Gross profit | £5.6m | £5.1m | £3.9m | £3.9m |
| Operating profit | £1.4m | £721k | −£1.1m | −£11.5k |
| Profit before tax | £1.3m | £625k | −£1.2m | £16.6k |
| Profit after tax | £1.1m | £484k | −£884k | £10.9k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.1m | £484k | −£884k | £10.9k |
| Staff costs | £1.2m | £1.3m | £1.4m | £1.5m |
| Employees (average) | 24 | 31 | 29 | 35 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4.9% | 2.1% | −4.6% | 0.1% |
| Gross margin | 25.5% | 22.6% | 20.6% | 21.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £916k | £726k | £658k | £513k |
| Profit per employee | £44.8k | £15.6k | −£30.5k | £311 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲2.4% | ▼15.3% | ▼5.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼54.9% | ▼282.4% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲29.2% | ▼6.5% | ▲20.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £231k | £139k | £439k | £1.4m |
| Net assets | £1.5m | £988k | £104k | £115k |
| Fixed assets | £117k | £173k | £179k | £146k |
| Current assets | £15.4m | £13.8m | £11.3m | £13m |
| Debtors | £4.4m | £3.7m | £3.6m | £4.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 21.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £513k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £311
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 22.8%
- 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
- ▲10%
- Now £115k
- Cash at bank
- ▲212%
- Now £1.4m
- Headcount
- ▲21%
- Now 35
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼18%
- Now £146k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- B D I Group Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Preminox Holdings Limited75–100%
- Preminox Group Limited75–100%
- Preminox Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Preminox (UK) LtdFigures 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 29 Sep 2025 (profit £10.9k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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