Bell Formwork & Civil Engineering Services Limited
Registered name: BELL FORMWORK & CIVIL ENGINEERING SERVICES LIMITED
Part of Qubic Trustees Ltd groupBell Formwork & Civil Engineering Services Limited made £11.3m revenue and a £15.3k loss in the year to 30 Jun 2025. read from filing text
Bell Formwork & Civil Engineering Services Limited’s revenue fell 14% to £11.3m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with a loss of £15.3k and 19 employees. The company is classified under “other specialised construction activities” and is based in Whaplode ST Catherine, Spaldin; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Whaplode ST Catherine, Spaldin, East of England
- 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 undertaking is Qubic Fiduciaries Limited in its capacity as trustee of The Bell Formwork &”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10.5m | £10.4m | £13.1m | £11.3m |
| Cost of sales | £7m | £7.1m | £8m | £6.8m |
| Gross profit | £3.5m | £3.3m | £5m | £4.5m |
| Operating profit | £2.2m | £2m | £3.5m | £355k |
| Profit before tax | £2.2m | £2.2m | £3.9m | £788k |
| Profit after tax | £1.8m | £1.7m | £2.9m | −£15.3k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.8m | £1.7m | £2.9m | −£15.3k |
| Staff costs | £828k | £820k | £948k | £3m |
| Employees (average) | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 17.3% | 16.5% | 22.3% | −0.1% |
| Gross margin | 33.4% | 32% | 38.6% | 39.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £550k | £546k | £688k | £592k |
| Profit per employee | £94.9k | £90.3k | £153k | −£804 |
| Cash conversion | 108.9% | 77.7% | 89.1% | 83.6% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼0.8% | ▲26% | ▼13.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼4.9% | ▲69.7% | ▼100.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £6.9m | £6m | £10.1m | £9.2m |
| Net assets | £9.2m | £9.3m | £11.8m | £11.3m |
| Fixed assets | £2.3m | £2.8m | £1.3m | £1.1m |
| Current assets | £8.4m | £7.6m | £12.7m | £11.2m |
| Debtors | £237k | £489k | £7.2k | £523k |
| Deferred income | — | — | £377k | £134k |
| Cash from operations | £2.4m | £1.5m | £3.1m | £297k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 39.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £592k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£804
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 83.6%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 9.6%
- 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
- 4.7%
- 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
- ▼4%
- Now £11.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼10%
- Now £9.2m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 19
- Deferred income
- ▼65%
- Now £134k
- Fixed assets
- ▼17%
- Now £1.1m
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
- Qubic Trustees Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Qubic Associate Group Limited75–100%
- Qubic Trustees Ltd75–100%
- Bell Formwork & Civil Engineering Services Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit −£15.3k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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