BDS (Yorkshire) Limited
Registered name: BDS (YORKSHIRE) LIMITED
Part of Raysul Holdings Limited groupBDS (Yorkshire) Limited made £15.4m revenue and £398k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
BDS (Yorkshire) Limited’s revenue was £15.4m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £398k profit and 39 employees. The company is classified under “other specialised construction activities” and is based in Driffield; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Driffield, Yorkshire and The Humber
- 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 | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10.7m | £12.9m | £18.9m | £15.4m |
| Cost of sales | £9m | £11.1m | £16.1m | £12.6m |
| Gross profit | £1.7m | £1.8m | £2.9m | £2.8m |
| Operating profit | £372k | £220k | £477k | £509k |
| Profit before tax | £370k | £219k | £476k | £509k |
| Profit after tax | £350k | £235k | £427k | £398k |
| Profit (best available) | £350k | £235k | £427k | £398k |
| Staff costs | £1.8m | £2m | £2.6m | £2.1m |
| Employees (average) | 42 | 45 | 51 | 39 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.3% | 1.8% | 2.3% | 2.6% |
| Gross margin | 16.1% | 13.7% | 15.2% | 18% |
| Revenue per employee | £254k | £286k | £371k | £394k |
| Profit per employee | £8.3k | £5.2k | £8.4k | £10.2k |
| Cash conversion | −45.6% | −293.7% | −240.2% | −226.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲20.8% | — | — |
| Profit growth | — | ▼33% | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7.1% | — | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £32.4k | £162 | £589k | £252k |
| Net assets | £2.3m | £2.6m | £3m | £3.4m |
| Fixed assets | £923k | £1.3m | £1.1m | £1.4m |
| Current assets | £6.7m | £6.1m | £6m | £5.7m |
| Debtors | £2.2m | £1.8m | £1.8m | £2.5m |
| Cash from operations | −£170k | −£646k | −£1.1m | −£1.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 18%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £394k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £10.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −226.9%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 9.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 16.2%
- 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
- —
- Now £3.4m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £252k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 39
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £1.4m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Raysul Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- BDS (Yorkshire) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Better Drives 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 30 Sep 2025 (profit £398k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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