BV PPT Holdings Ltd.
Registered name: BV PPT HOLDINGS LTD.
Part of SK PPT Management Ltd groupBV PPT Holdings Ltd. made £43.5m revenue and a £1.4m loss in the year to 31 Oct 2024. read from filing text
BV PPT Holdings Ltd.’s revenue fell 5% to £43.5m in the year to 31 Oct 2024, with a loss of £1.4m and 280 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of electronic measuring, testing etc. equipment, not for industrial process control” and is based in Halifax; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Halifax, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 12 yrs · since 2014
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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 Oct 2022 | 31 Oct 2023 | 31 Oct 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £34.6m | £45.9m | £43.5m |
| Cost of sales | £14.1m | £23.1m | £20.3m |
| Gross profit | £20.5m | £22.8m | £23.2m |
| Operating profit | £1.9m | £2.2m | £3.5m |
| Profit before tax | £638k | −£965k | £201k |
| Profit after tax | −£138k | −£1.5m | −£1.4m |
| Profit (best available) | −£138k | −£1.5m | −£1.4m |
| Employees (average) | 330 | 314 | 280 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −0.4% | −3.3% | −3.2% |
| Gross margin | 59.2% | 49.6% | 53.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £105k | £146k | £155k |
| Profit per employee | −£419 | −£4.8k | −£4.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲32.9% | ▼5.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4.9% | ▼10.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £3.6k | £3.4k | £0 |
| Net assets | £5.2m | £5.2m | £5m |
| Fixed assets | £5.3m | £5.3m | £5.3m |
| Current assets | £6.7m | £6.8m | £1.3m |
| Debtors | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Deferred income | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −3.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 53.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £155k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£4.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 12.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- ▼4%
- Now £5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼100%
- Now £0
- Headcount
- ▼11%
- Now 280
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £0
- Fixed assets
- 0%
- Now £5.3m
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
- SK PPT Management Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- BV PPT Holdings Ltd.this company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Physical Properties Testing Ltd.Rev. £0 · Profit £4m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Oct 2024 (profit −£1.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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