Bell Carriage Limited
Registered name: BELL CARRIAGE LIMITED
Bell Carriage Limited made £1.2m revenue and a £120k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Bell Carriage Limited’s revenue fell 5% to £1.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £120k and 1 employee. The company is classified under “taxi operation” and is based in Redhill; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Redhill, South East
- Age
- 25 yrs · since 2001
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £970k | £1.1m | £1.3m | £1.2m |
| Cost of sales | £648k | £904k | £887k | £992k |
| Gross profit | £322k | £174k | £389k | £218k |
| Operating profit | £108k | −£58.5k | £134k | −£90.1k |
| Profit before tax | £108k | −£58.5k | £133k | −£90.1k |
| Profit after tax | £108k | −£58.5k | £106k | −£120k |
| Profit (best available) | £108k | −£58.5k | £106k | −£120k |
| Employees (average) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 11.2% | −5.4% | 8.3% | −9.9% |
| Gross margin | 33.2% | 16.1% | 30.5% | 18% |
| Revenue per employee | £970k | £1.1m | £1.3m | £1.2m |
| Profit per employee | £108k | −£58.5k | £106k | −£120k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲11.1% | ▲18.3% | ▼5.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼154% | — | ▼212.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £74.8k | £25.1k | £76.9k | £104k |
| Net assets | £525k | £466k | £573k | £453k |
| Fixed assets | £414k | £395k | £390k | £292k |
| Current assets | £351k | £224k | £235k | £205k |
| Debtors | £141k | £140k | £107k | £68.6k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −9.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 18%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.2m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£120k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 24.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 5.7%
- 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
- ▼21%
- Now £453k
- Cash at bank
- ▲35%
- Now £104k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 1
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼25%
- Now £292k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit −£120k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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