B.K. Trade Sales Ltd
Registered name: B.K. TRADE SALES LTD
B.K. Trade Sales Ltd made £714k revenue and £10.5k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
B.K. Trade Sales Ltd’s revenue fell 39% to £714k in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £10.5k profit and 2 employees. The company is classified under “sale of new cars and light motor vehicles” and is based in Cheadle; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cheadle, North West
- Age
- 24 yrs · since 2002
- 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 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £1.2m | £714k |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £1.1m | £668k |
| Gross profit | — | — | £48.4k | £45.8k |
| Operating profit | — | — | £19.2k | £13.6k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £18.5k | £13k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £15k | £10.5k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £15k | £10.5k |
| Employees (average) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 1.3% | 1.5% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 4.1% | 6.4% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £586k | £357k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £7.5k | £5.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▼39.1% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼29.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | — | — | £102k | £128k |
| Net assets | £72.4k | £77.5k | £91.5k | £101k |
| Current assets | £155k | £61.8k | £108k | £129k |
| Debtors | — | — | £5.3k | — |
| Deferred income | £1.6k | £0 | — | £1.6k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data May 2024 | Accounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 6.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £357k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- ▲10%
- Now £101k
- Cash at bank
- ▲25%
- Now £128k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 2
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £1.6k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit £10.5k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 14 Oct 2026
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