Ballyclare Limited
Registered name: BALLYCLARE LIMITED
Part of Mountain Berg Holdings Limited groupBallyclare Limited made £5.7m revenue and £152k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Ballyclare Limited’s revenue fell 24% to £5.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £152k profit and 39 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of workwear” and is based in Stockport; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Stockport, North West
- Age
- 15 yrs · since 2010
- 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 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) | £5.8m | £7.5m | £7.5m | £5.7m |
| Cost of sales | £5.4m | £5.7m | £5m | £4m |
| Gross profit | £438k | £1.8m | £2.5m | £1.7m |
| Operating profit | −£2.3m | −£361k | £926k | £682k |
| Profit before tax | −£3.5m | −£1.1m | £37.8k | £152k |
| Profit after tax | −£3.5m | −£1.1m | £37.8k | £152k |
| Profit (best available) | −£3.5m | −£1.1m | £37.8k | £152k |
| Staff costs | £1.8m | £1.3m | £1.9m | £2.3m |
| Employees (average) | 36 | 30 | 37 | 39 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −60.7% | −14.1% | 0.5% | 2.7% |
| Gross margin | 7.5% | 24.2% | 33.6% | 29% |
| Revenue per employee | £162k | £251k | £202k | £146k |
| Profit per employee | −£98.4k | −£35.4k | £1k | £3.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲28.9% | ▼0.8% | ▼23.8% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲300.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼16.7% | ▲23.3% | ▲5.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £472k | £30k | £122k | £90.9k |
| Net assets | −£4.4m | −£5.4m | −£5.4m | −£5.3m |
| Fixed assets | £2m | £1.9m | £59.4k | £310k |
| Current assets | £6.8m | £4.6m | £3.9m | £5.1m |
| Debtors | £946k | £981k | £275k | £1.5m |
| Deferred income | £165k | £119k | £54.1k | £44.2k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 29%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £146k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 5.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 27.1%
- 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
- —
- Now −£5.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼25%
- Now £90.9k
- Headcount
- ▲5%
- Now 39
- Deferred income
- ▼18%
- Now £44.2k
- Fixed assets
- ▲421%
- Now £310k
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
- Mountain Berg Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Mountain Berg Limited50–75%
- Ballyclare Group Limited75–100%
- Ballyclare Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Simon Jersey LtdRev. £8m · Profit −£1.6m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £152k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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