BBR Graphic Sales Limited
Registered name: BBR GRAPHIC SALES LIMITED
Part of D & D Graphic Engineers Limited groupBBR Graphic Sales Limited made £15.8m revenue and a £343k loss in the year to 31 Jan 2025. read from filing text
BBR Graphic Sales Limited’s revenue was £15.8m in the year to 31 Jan 2025, with a loss of £343k and 2 employees. The company is classified under “other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets” and is based in West Yorkshire; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- West Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 27 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jan 2022 | 31 Jan 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 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) | £14.2m | £10.6m | £15.8m | £15.8m |
| Cost of sales | £13.4m | £9.7m | £14.7m | £14.5m |
| Gross profit | £783k | £939k | £1.1m | £1.3m |
| Operating profit | −£234k | £144k | £93.1k | −£118k |
| Profit before tax | −£277k | £50.3k | −£47.5k | −£312k |
| Profit after tax | −£228k | £45.1k | −£38.2k | −£343k |
| Profit (best available) | −£228k | £45.1k | −£38.2k | −£343k |
| Staff costs | £217k | £168k | £172k | £181k |
| Employees (average) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −1.6% | 0.4% | −0.2% | −2.2% |
| Gross margin | 5.5% | 8.8% | 6.8% | 8.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £4.7m | £5.3m | £7.9m | £7.9m |
| Profit per employee | −£76k | £22.6k | −£19.1k | −£172k |
| Cash conversion | — | 850.8% | −300.6% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼25.1% | ▲48.6% | ▲0.2% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼184.6% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼33.3% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £15.8k | £10.7k | £12.8k | £965k |
| Net assets | £1.8m | £1.9m | £1.8m | £1.5m |
| Fixed assets | £108k | £93.9k | £79.9k | £66.4k |
| Current assets | £4.9m | £6.4m | £9.7m | £6.6m |
| Debtors | £2.4m | £2.8m | £3.2m | £1.4m |
| Deferred income | £356k | £388k | £611k | £193k |
| Cash from operations | −£36.1k | £1.2m | −£280k | −£1.8m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −2.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 8.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £7.9m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£172k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- 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
- 1.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 8.8%
- 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
- ▼19%
- Now £1.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲7408%
- Now £965k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 2
- Deferred income
- ▼68%
- Now £193k
- Fixed assets
- ▼17%
- Now £66.4k
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
- D & D Graphic Engineers Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- BBR Graphic Sales Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- B.B.R. Graphic Engineers (Yorkshire) 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 Jan 2025 (profit −£343k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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