Billericay Fuel Services Limited
Registered name: BILLERICAY FUEL SERVICES LIMITED
Billericay Fuel Services Limited made £18.2m revenue and £179k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Billericay Fuel Services Limited’s revenue fell 8% to £18.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £179k profit and 22 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of petroleum and petroleum products” and is based in Chelmsford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chelmsford, East of England
- Age
- 17 yrs · since 2009
- 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) | £24.6m | £21.6m | £19.7m | £18.2m |
| Cost of sales | £23m | £20.3m | £18.4m | £16.9m |
| Gross profit | £1.6m | £1.3m | £1.3m | £1.4m |
| Operating profit | £741k | £160k | £424k | £214k |
| Profit before tax | £739k | £183k | £477k | £276k |
| Profit after tax | £633k | £140k | £360k | £179k |
| Profit (best available) | £633k | £140k | £360k | £179k |
| Staff costs | £930k | £962k | £901k | £1.2m |
| Employees (average) | 22 | 23 | 23 | 22 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.6% | 0.7% | 1.8% | 1% |
| Gross margin | 6.6% | 6% | 6.8% | 7.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.1m | £939k | £859k | £828k |
| Profit per employee | £28.8k | £6.1k | £15.6k | £8.1k |
| Cash conversion | 179.4% | 40% | 137.6% | −216.3% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼12.3% | ▼8.6% | ▼7.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼77.9% | ▲156.6% | ▼50.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4.5% | 0% | ▼4.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.3m | £2.1m | £2.4m | £2.4m |
| Net assets | £3.2m | £3.3m | £3.6m | £3.6m |
| Fixed assets | £1.5m | £1.5m | £1.5m | £1.5m |
| Current assets | £4.3m | £3.8m | £3.8m | £3.9m |
| Debtors | £1.3m | £1.1m | £978k | £1.1m |
| Deferred income | £185k | £84.5k | £107k | — |
| Cash from operations | £1.3m | £63.9k | £583k | −£464k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 7.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £828k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £8.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −216.3%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 8.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 6.2%
- 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 £3.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲2%
- Now £2.4m
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 22
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲2%
- Now £1.5m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £179k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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