Burckhardt Compression (UK) Limited
Registered name: BURCKHARDT COMPRESSION (UK) LIMITED
Part of Burckhardt Compression Ag groupBurckhardt Compression (UK) Limited made £8.3m revenue and £1.6m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Burckhardt Compression (UK) Limited’s revenue fell 8% to £8.3m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £1.6m profit and 27 employees. The company is classified under “repair of machinery” and is based in Bicester; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bicester, South East
- Age
- 26 yrs · since 2000
- 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 immediate parent company and controlling party is Burckhardt Compression AG. The ultimate parent company is Burckhardt Compression Holdings AG, a company incorporated in Switzerland. Burckhardt Co”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £9.1m | £8.3m |
| Cost of sales | £6.2m | £4.1m |
| Gross profit | £2.9m | £4.2m |
| Operating profit | £826k | £2.1m |
| Profit before tax | £842k | £2.1m |
| Profit after tax | £542k | £1.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £542k | £1.6m |
| Employees (average) | 32 | 27 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 6% | 19.4% |
| Gross margin | 31.6% | 50.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £283k | £309k |
| Profit per employee | £16.9k | £60k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼7.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲199% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼15.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £993k | £2.4m |
| Net assets | £3.8m | £5m |
| Fixed assets | £1m | £1m |
| Current assets | £4.9m | £5.6m |
| Debtors | £2.9m | £1.8m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 19.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 50.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £309k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £60k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 12.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 22%
- 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
- ▲29%
- Now £5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲143%
- Now £2.4m
- Headcount
- ▼16%
- Now 27
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼2%
- Now £1m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Burckhardt Compression Ag (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Burckhardt Compression (UK) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £1.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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