Business 2 Business Trading Ltd
Registered name: BUSINESS 2 BUSINESS TRADING LTD
Business 2 Business Trading Ltd made £7.4m revenue and £37.4k profit in the year to 31 Jul 2024.
Business 2 Business Trading Ltd’s revenue fell 4% to £7.4m in the year to 31 Jul 2024, with £37.4k profit and 23 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in London; we hold 7 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 10 yrs · since 2016
- 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 Jul 2018 | 31 Jul 2019 | 31 Jul 2020 | 31 Jul 2021 | 31 Jul 2022 | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — | — | £5.8m | £7.7m | £7.4m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | — | — | £2.5m | £3.8m | £3.9m |
| Gross profit | — | — | — | — | £3.3m | £3.9m | £3.5m |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | £1.8m | £2m | £107k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | £1.8m | £2m | £107k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | — | — | £1.8m | £1.9m | £37.4k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | — | — | £1.8m | £1.9m | £37.4k |
| Employees (average) | 2 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 20 | 23 |
| Ratios | |||||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | — | 31.1% | 25% | 0.5% |
| Gross margin | — | — | — | — | 57.5% | 51.1% | 47.3% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | — | — | £485k | £384k | £322k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | — | — | £151k | £96.2k | £1.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | — | — | ▲32.1% | ▼3.7% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | — | — | ▲6.5% | ▼98.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲300% | ▲12.5% | 0% | ▲33.3% | ▲66.7% | ▲15% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||||
| Cash at bank | £1.5k | £32.8k | £69.4k | £93.6k | £170k | £206k | £221k |
| Net assets | £6.5k | £208k | £459k | £1.3m | £3.1m | £5.1m | £5.1m |
| Fixed assets | £3.5k | £97.1k | £151k | £133k | £137k | £237k | £345k |
| Current assets | £6.3k | £219k | £468k | £1.4m | £3.2m | £5.1m | £5.1m |
| Debtors | £4.9k | £110k | £237k | £701k | £2m | £2.5m | £2.3m |
| Deferred income | — | — | — | — | £6.3k | £7.2k | £6.9k |
| Source | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 47.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £322k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 31.2%
- 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
- ▲1%
- Now £5.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲7%
- Now £221k
- Headcount
- ▲15%
- Now 23
- Deferred income
- ▼4%
- Now £6.9k
- Fixed assets
- ▲45%
- Now £345k
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 Jul 2024 (profit £37.4k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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