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Company No. 03721122 · Incorporated 25 Feb 1999

Bobst UK & Ireland Ltd

Registered name: BOBST UK & IRELAND LTD

Part of Bobst UK Holdings Ltd group

Bobst 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.

Full P&L filedSection G · Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehiclesSIC 46690Wholesale of other machinery and equipment
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 ”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2025

Key figures

Capital-light
Revenue
£24.5m
Growth ▲5.5%
Profit
£623k
Growth ▼16.8%
Profit margin
2.5%
Gross 21.3%
Employees
68
Change ▲4.6%
Profit / employee
£9.2k
Revenue/employee £361k
Profitable streak
2yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

2 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Dec 202431 Dec 2025
DisclosureFull P&Lread from filing textFull 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)6568
Ratios
Profit margin3.2%2.5%
Gross margin23.3%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
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026
Derived from the latest filing

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.
Indirect — not revenue

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.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Bobst UK Holdings Ltdultimate parent75–100%
  2. Bobst UK & Ireland Ltdthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Sister companies (1)

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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