Bethell Utility Services Limited
Registered name: BETHELL UTILITY SERVICES LIMITED
Part of Bethell Group Holdings Ltd groupBethell Utility Services Limited made £19.7m revenue and £167k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Bethell Utility Services Limited’s revenue fell 10% to £19.7m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £167k profit and 69 employees. The company is classified under “construction of other civil engineering projects” and is based in Kearsley; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Kearsley, North West
- 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 | 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) | £14.3m | £19.9m | £22m | £19.7m |
| Cost of sales | £11.3m | £17.2m | £19.3m | £16.7m |
| Gross profit | £3m | £2.7m | £2.7m | £3.1m |
| Operating profit | £657k | −£172k | £225k | £301k |
| Profit before tax | £657k | −£259k | £41.1k | £221k |
| Profit after tax | £556k | −£218k | £32.1k | £167k |
| Profit (best available) | £556k | −£218k | £32.1k | £167k |
| Staff costs | £3.6m | £4.9m | £3.9m | £4m |
| Employees (average) | 69 | 92 | 76 | 69 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.9% | −1.1% | 0.1% | 0.9% |
| Gross margin | 20.9% | 13.3% | 12.2% | 15.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £207k | £216k | £290k | £286k |
| Profit per employee | £8.1k | −£2.4k | £423 | £2.4k |
| Cash conversion | 35.4% | — | −108.6% | −368.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲39.1% | ▲10.7% | ▼10.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼139.2% | — | ▲420.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲33.3% | ▼17.4% | ▼9.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £591k | £545k | £660k | £1.3m |
| Net assets | £1.1m | £742k | £774k | £941k |
| Fixed assets | £128k | £145k | £95.5k | £76.7k |
| Current assets | £7.5m | £9m | £9m | £9.1m |
| Debtors | £2.1m | £3.1m | £1.9m | £2.7m |
| Cash from operations | £232k | −£334k | −£245k | −£1.1m |
| 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
- 0.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 15.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £286k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −368.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.8%
- 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
- ▲22%
- Now £941k
- Cash at bank
- ▲94%
- Now £1.3m
- Headcount
- ▼9%
- Now 69
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼20%
- Now £76.7k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Bethell Group Holdings Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Bethell Property Services Limited75–100%
- Bethell Utility Services Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Bethell Plant Services LimitedRev. £2.1m · Profit £173k
- 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 £167k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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