Bowmoor Topco Limited
Registered name: BOWMOOR TOPCO LIMITED
Part of Apposite Capital LLP groupBowmoor Topco Limited made £23.9m revenue and a £1.3m loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Bowmoor Topco Limited’s revenue was £23.9m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £1.3m and 138 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies” and is based in Cheltenham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cheltenham, South West
- Age
- 8 yrs · since 2018
- 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 28 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £16.6m | £22.6m | £24m | £23.9m |
| Cost of sales | £9m | £13.5m | £14m | £13m |
| Gross profit | £7.6m | £9.1m | £10m | £10.9m |
| Operating profit | £1.7m | £3m | £3.5m | £4m |
| Profit before tax | −£4.6m | −£4.1m | −£4.8m | −£6.3m |
| Profit after tax | −£939k | −£1m | −£1.2m | −£1.3m |
| Profit (best available) | −£939k | −£1m | −£1.2m | −£1.3m |
| Staff costs | £5.5m | £6.5m | £6.9m | £7m |
| Employees (average) | 123 | 124 | 143 | 138 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −5.7% | −4.6% | −4.8% | −5.3% |
| Gross margin | 45.6% | 40.2% | 41.7% | 45.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £135k | £182k | £168k | £173k |
| Profit per employee | −£7.6k | −£8.5k | −£8.1k | −£9.3k |
| Cash conversion | 73.6% | 94.4% | 79.5% | 94.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲36.6% | ▲6.1% | ▼0.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲0.8% | ▲15.3% | ▼3.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | −£2.8m | −£3.9m | −£5m | −£6.3m |
| Fixed assets | £18.9m | £17.9m | £16.9m | £15.9m |
| Current assets | £7m | £7m | £7m | £7m |
| Debtors | £4.5m | £5.6m | £3.6m | £4.6m |
| Cash from operations | £1.3m | £2.8m | £2.8m | £3.8m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −5.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 45.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £173k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£9.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 94.5%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 66.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 19.2%
- 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
- —
- Now −£6.3m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 138
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼5%
- Now £15.9m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Apposite Capital LLPultimate parent25–50%
- Bowmoor Topco Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Bowmoor Bidco LimitedRev. £0 · Profit −£2.5m
Sister companies (6)
- Apposite CP III GP LLPFigures not disclosed
- Apposite CP1 (GP) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Apposite Growth I CP GP LLPFigures not disclosed
- Apposite Healthcare Growth I GP LLPFigures not disclosed
- Apposite Healthcare II Member LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Apposite Healthcare III GP LLPFigures 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 Mar 2025 (profit −£1.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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