Beckworth Limited
Registered name: BECKWORTH LIMITED
Part of Blue Diamond UK Limited groupBeckworth Limited made £11.4m revenue and £363k profit in the year to 20 Apr 2023.
Beckworth Limited’s revenue was £11.4m in the year to 20 Apr 2023, with £363k profit and 152 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale of fruit and vegetables in specialised stores” and is based in Eastleigh; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Eastleigh, South East
- Age
- 18 yrs · since 2008
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jan 2022 | 20 Apr 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £7.7m | £11.4m |
| Cost of sales | £3.7m | £5.7m |
| Gross profit | £4m | £5.7m |
| Operating profit | £812k | £707k |
| Profit before tax | £689k | £407k |
| Profit after tax | £729k | £363k |
| Profit (best available) | £729k | £363k |
| Staff costs | £2.3m | £3.4m |
| Employees (average) | 142 | 152 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 9.5% | 3.2% |
| Gross margin | 51.8% | 49.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £54.2k | £74.7k |
| Profit per employee | £5.1k | £2.4k |
| Cash conversion | 56.4% | −63.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £3.5k | £3.5k |
| Net assets | £2m | £2.4m |
| Fixed assets | £7m | £7m |
| Current assets | £1.2m | £1.7m |
| Debtors | £122k | £177k |
| Cash from operations | £458k | −£450k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 49.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £74.7k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −63.7%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 61.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.6%
- 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 £2.4m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £3.5k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 152
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £7m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Blue Diamond UK Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Beckworth Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (8)
- Western Forestry Company LimitedRev. £8.4m · Profit £265k
- B.grange Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Blackdown Garden Centre LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Chatsworth Garden Centre LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
- FGC Holdings LtdRev. — · Profit £1.8m
- Fosseway Garden Centre LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Van Hage & Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Yarnton Nurseries LLPFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 20 Apr 2023 (profit £363k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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