British Cables Company Limited
Registered name: BRITISH CABLES COMPANY LIMITED
Part of Standard Cableteam UK Ltd. groupBritish Cables Company Limited made £40.3m revenue and a £930k loss in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
British Cables Company Limited’s revenue grew 31% to £40.3m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with a loss of £930k. The company is classified under “manufacture of other electronic and electric wires and cables” and is based in Manchester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Manchester, North West
- Age
- 14 yrs · since 2012
- 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. From the filing: “As at the balance sheet date, the company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Standard Cableteam UK Limited. The directors consider that the ultimate parent undertaking of this company is Hans Wilms Betei”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £36.7m | £35.2m | £30.8m | £40.3m |
| Cost of sales | £33.6m | £32.7m | £29.7m | −£37.8m |
| Gross profit | £3.1m | £2.6m | £1.2m | £2.5m |
| Operating profit | £440k | £26k | −£1.6m | −£538k |
| Profit before tax | £354k | −£209k | −£1.9m | −£969k |
| Profit after tax | £296k | −£324k | −£1.9m | −£930k |
| Profit (best available) | £296k | −£324k | −£1.9m | −£930k |
| Staff costs | £4.2m | £4.1m | £4m | — |
| Employees (average) | 106 | 100 | 97 | — |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.8% | −0.9% | −6% | −2.3% |
| Gross margin | 8.3% | 7.3% | 3.8% | 6.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £346k | £352k | £318k | — |
| Profit per employee | £2.8k | −£3.2k | −£19.1k | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼3.9% | ▼12.6% | ▲30.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼209.5% | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼5.7% | ▼3% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £167k | £147k | £2.1m | — |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £797k | £934k | £769k | — |
| Current assets | £25.3m | £24.7m | £26.4m | — |
| Debtors | £7.1m | £6.3m | £6.2m | — |
| Deferred income | £151k | £80k | £146k | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −2.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 6.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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 —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
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- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Standard Cableteam UK Ltd.ultimate parent75–100%
- British Cables Company Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit −£930k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 19 Oct 2026
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