BCH (Rochdale) Limited
Registered name: BCH (ROCHDALE) LIMITED
Part of D C Norris & Company Ltd. groupBCH (Rochdale) Limited made £10m revenue and £352k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025. read from filing text
BCH (Rochdale) Limited’s revenue fell 17% to £10m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £352k profit and 92 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of machinery for food, beverage and tobacco processing” and is based in Whitworth; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Whitworth, North West
- Age
- 10 yrs · since 2016
- 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 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £9.1m | £11m | £12m | £10m |
| Cost of sales | £6.6m | £7.9m | £8.5m | £7.6m |
| Gross profit | £2.5m | £3.2m | £3.5m | £2.4m |
| Operating profit | £751k | £1.3m | £1.2m | £328k |
| Profit before tax | £699k | £1.3m | £1.2m | £467k |
| Profit after tax | £765k | £971k | £1.1m | £352k |
| Profit (best available) | £765k | £971k | £1.1m | £352k |
| Staff costs | £3.7m | £4.3m | £4.9m | £5m |
| Employees (average) | 78 | 83 | 89 | 92 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 8.5% | 8.8% | 8.8% | 3.5% |
| Gross margin | 27.3% | 28.7% | 29.1% | 24.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £116k | £133k | £135k | £108k |
| Profit per employee | £9.8k | £11.7k | £11.9k | £3.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲21.7% | ▲9% | ▼17% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲26.9% | ▲8.8% | ▼66.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6.4% | ▲7.2% | ▲3.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.2m | £3.4m | £3.2m | £3.7m |
| Net assets | £5.2m | £6.2m | £7.2m | £7.6m |
| Fixed assets | £3.7m | £4m | £4.3m | £4.2m |
| Current assets | £6.1m | £7.6m | £7.2m | £10.2m |
| Debtors | £2.4m | £2.7m | £1.5m | £2.2m |
| Deferred income | £269k | £789k | £287k | £94.9k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 24.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £108k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 41.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 22.5%
- 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
- ▲5%
- Now £7.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲17%
- Now £3.7m
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 92
- Deferred income
- ▼67%
- Now £94.9k
- Fixed assets
- ▼3%
- Now £4.2m
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
- D C Norris & Company Ltd.ultimate parent75–100%
- BCH (Rochdale) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (4)
- Advanced Engineering (Middleton) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ae Mixers LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Gilwood LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sand House Kitchen LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit £352k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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