Bulk Transfer Ltd
Registered name: BULK TRANSFER LTD
Bulk Transfer Ltd made £22m revenue and £94.8k profit in the year to 31 May 2025.
Bulk Transfer Ltd’s revenue grew 8% to £22m in the year to 31 May 2025, with £94.8k profit and 52 employees. The company is classified under “treatment and disposal of non-hazardous waste” and is based in Rickmansworth; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Rickmansworth, East of England
- Age
- 20 yrs · since 2006
- 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 May 2022 | 31 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 | 31 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £16m | £20.3m | £22m |
| Cost of sales | — | £10.5m | £13.5m | £16m |
| Gross profit | — | £5.5m | £6.8m | £5.9m |
| Operating profit | — | £1.1m | £1.7m | £339k |
| Profit before tax | — | £989k | £1.5m | £153k |
| Profit after tax | — | £810k | £1.2m | £94.8k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £810k | £1.2m | £94.8k |
| Staff costs | — | £2.3m | £2.4m | £2.7m |
| Employees (average) | 45 | 49 | 48 | 52 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 5.1% | 5.9% | 0.4% |
| Gross margin | — | 34.5% | 33.4% | 27% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £327k | £423k | £423k |
| Profit per employee | — | £16.5k | £25k | £1.8k |
| Cash conversion | — | −190.9% | −186.1% | −404.6% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲26.8% | ▲8.1% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲48.2% | ▼92.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲8.9% | ▼2% | ▲8.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £188k | £407k | £945k | £688k |
| Net assets | £1.3m | £2m | £3m | £3m |
| Fixed assets | £2.5m | £3.6m | £4.6m | £4m |
| Current assets | £3.1m | £2.8m | £3.2m | £4.8m |
| Debtors | £2m | £1.9m | £1.8m | £2.7m |
| Deferred income | — | — | £0 | £8k |
| Cash from operations | — | −£2.2m | −£3.1m | −£1.4m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 27%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £423k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −404.6%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 18%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 12.3%
- 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
- ▼2%
- Now £3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼27%
- Now £688k
- Headcount
- ▲8%
- Now 52
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £8k
- Fixed assets
- ▼13%
- Now £4m
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 May 2025 (profit £94.8k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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