Bessel & Bro Limited
Registered name: BESSEL & BRO LIMITED
Bessel & Bro Limited made £124k revenue and £84.2k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Bessel & Bro Limited’s revenue fell 35% to £124k in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £84.2k profit and 2 employees. The company is classified under “buying and selling of own real estate” and is based in Chelmsford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chelmsford, East of England
- Age
- 22 yrs · since 2004
- 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £192k | £124k |
| Gross profit | — | — | £192k | £124k |
| Operating profit | — | — | £181k | £112k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £181k | £112k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £137k | £84.2k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £137k | £84.2k |
| Employees (average) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 71.3% | 67.7% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 100% | 100% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £96.1k | £62.2k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £68.5k | £42.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▼35.3% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼38.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲100% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £162k | £427k | £322k | £364k |
| Net assets | £1.4m | £1.5m | £1.7m | £2.1m |
| Fixed assets | £1.9m | £1.9m | £1.9m | £2.2m |
| Current assets | £164k | £427k | £324k | £364k |
| Debtors | £2.3k | — | £1.5k | — |
| Deferred income | £1.3k | £1.5k | £3.1k | £4.8k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 67.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 100%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £62.2k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £42.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1781%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.8%
- 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
- ▲25%
- Now £2.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲13%
- Now £364k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 2
- Deferred income
- ▲54%
- Now £4.8k
- Fixed assets
- ▲17%
- Now £2.2m
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 Mar 2025 (profit £84.2k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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