Bantam Materials UK Limited
Registered name: BANTAM MATERIALS UK LIMITED
Bantam Materials UK Limited made £25.4m revenue and £815k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Bantam Materials UK Limited’s revenue grew 34% to £25.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £815k profit and 9 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of waste and scrap” and is based in Richmond; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Richmond, London
- Age
- 14 yrs · since 2011
- 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 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £22.4m | £18.9m | £25.4m |
| Cost of sales | £19m | £16.5m | £21m |
| Gross profit | £3.4m | £2.4m | £4.4m |
| Operating profit | £426k | £395k | £1.1m |
| Profit before tax | £382k | £308k | £1.1m |
| Profit after tax | £278k | £218k | £815k |
| Profit (best available) | £278k | £218k | £815k |
| Staff costs | £912k | £767k | £701k |
| Employees (average) | 11 | 9 | 9 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 1.2% | 1.1% | 3.2% |
| Gross margin | 15.1% | 12.7% | 17.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £2m | £2.1m | £2.8m |
| Profit per employee | £25.2k | £24.2k | £90.6k |
| Cash conversion | 1661% | 317.8% | −307% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼15.6% | ▲34.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼21.6% | ▲274.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼18.2% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1m | £721k | £1m |
| Net assets | £3.4m | £1.2m | £2m |
| Fixed assets | £67k | £64.4k | £49.2k |
| Current assets | £9.7m | £12.3m | £8.7m |
| Debtors | £3.6m | £4.4m | £2m |
| Deferred income | £147k | £850k | £143k |
| Cash from operations | £7.1m | £1.3m | −£3.4m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 17.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £2.8m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £90.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −307%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7.8%
- 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
- ▲70%
- Now £2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲43%
- Now £1m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 9
- Deferred income
- ▼83%
- Now £143k
- Fixed assets
- ▼24%
- Now £49.2k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £815k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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