Northern Bear (Safety) Limited
Registered name: NORTHERN BEAR (SAFETY) LIMITED
Part of Northern Bear PLC groupNorthern Bear (Safety) Limited made £376k revenue and a £34.5k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Northern Bear (Safety) Limited’s revenue grew 1% to £376k in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £34.5k and 4 employees. The company is classified under “other service activities” and is based in Durham; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Durham, North East
- Age
- 19 yrs · since 2007
- 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's immediate”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £372k | £376k |
| Cost of sales | £62.5k | £59.9k |
| Gross profit | £310k | £317k |
| Operating profit | −£6.4k | −£32.5k |
| Profit before tax | −£6.6k | −£32.5k |
| Profit after tax | −£4.6k | −£34.5k |
| Profit (best available) | −£4.6k | −£34.5k |
| Staff costs | £234k | £248k |
| Employees (average) | 4 | 4 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −1.2% | −9.2% |
| Gross margin | 83.2% | 84.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £93.1k | £94.1k |
| Profit per employee | −£1.2k | −£8.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲1.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £28.9k | £6.9k |
| Net assets | −£45.8k | −£80.4k |
| Fixed assets | £6.6k | £12.5k |
| Current assets | £58.2k | £36k |
| Debtors | £23k | £22.7k |
| Deferred income | £13.6k | £19.2k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −9.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 84.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £94.1k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£8.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 5.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 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
- —
- Now −£80.4k
- Cash at bank
- ▼76%
- Now £6.9k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 4
- Deferred income
- ▲41%
- Now £19.2k
- Fixed assets
- ▲89%
- Now £12.5k
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
- Northern Bear PLCultimate parent75–100%
- Northern Bear Construction Limited75–100%
- Northern Bear (Safety) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (5)
- MGM LtdRev. £15.2m · Profit £743k
- Isoler Ltd.Rev. £10.6m · Profit £1.4m
- Arcas Building Solutions LimitedRev. £8.5m · Profit £161k
- J Lister Electrical LimitedRev. £5.4m · Profit £162k
- H. Peel & Sons LimitedRev. £1.9m · Profit −£905k
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 −£34.5k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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