Bobst UK & Ireland Ltd
Registered name: BOBST UK & IRELAND LTD
Part of Bobst UK Holdings Ltd groupBobst UK & Ireland Ltd made £24.5m revenue and £623k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Bobst UK & Ireland Ltd’s revenue grew 5% to £24.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £623k profit and 68 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of other machinery and equipment” and is based in Redditch; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Redditch, West Midlands
- Age
- 27 yrs · since 1999
- 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. From the filing: “The company's immediate parent undertaking is Bobst UK Holdings Ltd. The company's ultimate parent undertaking is Bobst Group SA which is incorporated in Switzerland. This is the smallest and largest ”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £23.2m | £24.5m |
| Cost of sales | £17.8m | £19.3m |
| Gross profit | £5.4m | £5.2m |
| Profit before tax | £755k | £623k |
| Profit after tax | £749k | £623k |
| Profit (best available) | £749k | £623k |
| Staff costs | £5m | £5.7m |
| Employees (average) | 65 | 68 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 3.2% | 2.5% |
| Gross margin | 23.3% | 21.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £358k | £361k |
| Profit per employee | £11.5k | £9.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲5.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼16.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £1.7m | £1.6m |
| Net assets | £9.5m | £10.1m |
| Fixed assets | £477k | £396k |
| Current assets | £12.2m | £13.1m |
| Debtors | £4.8m | £5.8m |
| Deferred income | £921k | £978k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 21.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £361k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £9.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 23.8%
- 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
- ▲7%
- Now £10.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼2%
- Now £1.6m
- Headcount
- ▲5%
- Now 68
- Deferred income
- ▲6%
- Now £978k
- Fixed assets
- ▼17%
- Now £396k
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
- Bobst UK Holdings Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Bobst UK & Ireland Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Bobst Manchester 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 31 Dec 2025 (profit £623k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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