Beers Timber & Building Supplies Limited
Registered name: BEERS TIMBER & BUILDING SUPPLIES LIMITED
Part of M & a Beer Holdings Limited groupBeers Timber & Building Supplies Limited made £19.1m revenue and a £177k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Beers Timber & Building Supplies Limited’s revenue fell 11% to £19.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £177k and 143 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of wood, construction materials and sanitary equipment” and is based in Merseyside; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Merseyside, North West
- Age
- 24 yrs · since 2001
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £22.1m | £21.5m | £21.5m | £19.1m |
| Cost of sales | £14.1m | £13.4m | £14.3m | £11.9m |
| Gross profit | £8m | £8.2m | £7.2m | £7.3m |
| Operating profit | £364k | £405k | −£184k | −£148k |
| Profit before tax | £270k | £272k | −£295k | −£224k |
| Profit after tax | £227k | £136k | −£154k | −£177k |
| Profit (best available) | £227k | £136k | −£154k | −£177k |
| Staff costs | £4m | £4.2m | £3.8m | £4.1m |
| Employees (average) | 131 | 134 | 131 | 143 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1% | 0.6% | −0.7% | −0.9% |
| Gross margin | 36.1% | 37.9% | 33.4% | 38% |
| Revenue per employee | £169k | £161k | £164k | £134k |
| Profit per employee | £1.7k | £1k | −£1.2k | −£1.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼2.5% | ▼0.1% | ▼11% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼40.3% | ▼213.5% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2.3% | ▼2.2% | ▲9.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £257k | £7.9k | £158k | £48.8k |
| Net assets | £5.7m | £5.8m | £5.7m | £5.5m |
| Fixed assets | £3.5m | £4.1m | £3.2m | £2.8m |
| Current assets | £9m | £7.7m | £7.8m | £6.7m |
| Debtors | £1.5m | £1.7m | £1.3m | £1.2m |
| Deferred income | £322k | £223k | £217k | £217k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 38%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £134k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£1.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 14.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 6.3%
- 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
- ▼3%
- Now £5.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼69%
- Now £48.8k
- Headcount
- ▲9%
- Now 143
- Deferred income
- ▲0%
- Now £217k
- Fixed assets
- ▼12%
- Now £2.8m
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
- M & a Beer Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Beers Timber & Building Supplies 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 Dec 2025 (profit −£177k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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