BFF Nonwovens Limited
Registered name: BFF NONWOVENS LIMITED
Part of TDR Capital LLP groupBFF Nonwovens Limited made £39.6m revenue and £8.3m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
BFF Nonwovens Limited’s revenue grew 43% to £39.6m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £8.3m profit and 161 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of non-wovens and articles made from non-wovens, except apparel” and is based in Bridgwater; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bridgwater, South West
- Age
- 23 yrs · since 2002
- 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 company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nonwovenn Ltd, a company registered in England and Wales.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £19.8m | £24.8m | £27.7m | £39.6m |
| Cost of sales | £8m | £9.7m | £12.1m | £16.7m |
| Gross profit | £11.8m | £15.1m | £15.6m | £22.9m |
| Operating profit | £10.3m | £3.4m | £5.1m | £10.7m |
| Profit before tax | £10.2m | £3.3m | £5m | £10.6m |
| Profit after tax | £8.1m | £2.7m | £4.8m | £8.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £8.1m | £2.7m | £4.8m | £8.3m |
| Staff costs | £3.1m | £3.7m | £4m | £5.2m |
| Employees (average) | 97 | 117 | 135 | 161 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 40.8% | 10.9% | 17.3% | 21.1% |
| Gross margin | 59.5% | 60.9% | 56.4% | 57.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £204k | £212k | £205k | £246k |
| Profit per employee | £83.3k | £23.2k | £35.4k | £51.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲24.9% | ▲12% | ▲42.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼66.5% | ▲76.6% | ▲74.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲20.6% | ▲15.4% | ▲19.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.7m | £2.2m | £1.2m | £4.9m |
| Net assets | £9.9m | £7.6m | £12.4m | £12.7m |
| Fixed assets | £5.6m | £7.5m | £9.8m | £11.2m |
| Current assets | £9.7m | £8.9m | £10.2m | £16.1m |
| Debtors | £3.1m | £3.9m | £5.5m | £6.2m |
| Deferred income | £696k | £750k | £649k | £980k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 21.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 57.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £246k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £51.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 28.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 15.6%
- 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 £12.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲311%
- Now £4.9m
- Headcount
- ▲19%
- Now 161
- Deferred income
- ▲51%
- Now £980k
- Fixed assets
- ▲15%
- Now £11.2m
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
- TDR Capital LLPultimate parent75–100%
- TDR Capital Nominees 2021 Limited50–75%
- Corpacq Group Limited75–100%
- Corpacq Holdings Limited75–100%
- Corpacq Midco Limited75–100%
- Corpacq Limited75–100%
- Corpacq Finance Limited75–100%
- Aghoco 5029 Limited75–100%
- Technical Materials Group Limited75–100%
- Nonwovenn Ltd75–100%
- BFF Nonwovens Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Lantor (UK) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Square Foot Concepts LtdFigures not disclosed
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 £8.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 17 Oct 2026
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