Bowland Ecology Limited
Registered name: BOWLAND ECOLOGY LIMITED
Part of Origin Enterprises Public Limited Company groupBowland Ecology Limited made £241k profit in the year to 30 Mar 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
Bowland Ecology Limited reported £241k profit in the year to 30 Mar 2025, up 5% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 40 employees. The company is classified under “environmental consulting activities” and is based in Clitheroe; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Clitheroe, North West
- Age
- 21 yrs · since 2005
- 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 Origin UK Operations Limited, a company incorporated in the United Kingdom, which is the company’s immediate parent undertaking.”
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
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 | 30 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — | — |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £229k | £241k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £229k | £241k |
| Employees (average) | 30 | 31 | 33 | 40 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | — |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £6.9k | £6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲5.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲3.3% | ▲6.5% | ▲21.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £217k | £251k | £489k | £515k |
| Net assets | £408k | £403k | £426k | £798k |
| Fixed assets | £54k | £49.7k | £51k | £60.9k |
| Current assets | £502k | £541k | £827k | — |
| Debtors | £260k | £263k | £318k | £366k |
| Deferred income | — | £0 | £180k | £21.2k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6k
- 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
- —
- 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
- ▲87%
- Now £798k
- Cash at bank
- ▲5%
- Now £515k
- Headcount
- ▲21%
- Now 40
- Deferred income
- ▼88%
- Now £21.2k
- Fixed assets
- ▲19%
- Now £60.9k
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
- Origin Enterprises Public Limited Company (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Origin Enterprises UK Limited75–100%
- Origin UK Operations Limited75–100%
- Bowland Ecology Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (15)
- Avian Ecology LtdRev. £3.6m · Profit £425k
- Agri-Gem LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Aluminati LtdActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
- British Hardwood Tree Nursery LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Brooks Ecological LtdFigures not disclosed
- Eco Solutions (C&R) LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
- Elixir Garden Supplies LtdFigures not disclosed
- Ge Consulting Services (UK) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Groundtrax Systems LimitedRev. — · Profit £431k
- Line Mark (UK) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Neo Environmental LtdFigures not disclosed
- Origin Amenity LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Origin Greentech LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Origin Suregreen LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Provantis Amenity LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures 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 30 Mar 2025 (profit £241k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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