Britcab Limited
Registered name: BRITCAB LIMITED
Britcab Limited made £11.1m revenue and £724k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Britcab Limited’s revenue grew 6% to £11.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £724k profit and 49 employees. The company is classified under “other construction installation” and is based in York; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- York, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 19 yrs · since 2007
- 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 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £11.6m | £9.5m | £10.5m | £11.1m |
| Cost of sales | £7.7m | £7m | £7.5m | £8m |
| Gross profit | £3.9m | £2.5m | £3.1m | £3.2m |
| Operating profit | £2.1m | £823k | £1.2m | £756k |
| Profit before tax | £2m | £837k | £1.2m | £1m |
| Profit after tax | £1.5m | £636k | £842k | £724k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.5m | £636k | £842k | £724k |
| Staff costs | £1.7m | £1.7m | £1.8m | £1.8m |
| Employees (average) | 48 | 49 | 50 | 49 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 13.3% | 6.7% | 8% | 6.5% |
| Gross margin | 33.9% | 26.1% | 29.1% | 28.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £241k | £194k | £211k | £227k |
| Profit per employee | £32.1k | £13k | £16.8k | £14.8k |
| Cash conversion | 76% | 172.6% | 114.9% | −248.4% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼17.9% | ▲10.8% | ▲5.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼58.8% | ▲32.4% | ▼14% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2.1% | ▲2% | ▼2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.7m | £1.5m | £877k | £893k |
| Net assets | £4.3m | £4.6m | £4.9m | £5.2m |
| Fixed assets | £3.9m | £4.4m | £5.3m | £6.2m |
| Current assets | £4m | £4.6m | £3.2m | £3.7m |
| Debtors | £993k | £1.2m | £705k | £1.2m |
| Cash from operations | £1.6m | £1.4m | £1.3m | −£1.9m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 28.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £227k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £14.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −248.4%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 55.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11.1%
- 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
- ▲6%
- Now £5.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲2%
- Now £893k
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 49
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲17%
- Now £6.2m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £724k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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