Bridge Cheese Ltd
Registered name: BRIDGE CHEESE LTD
Bridge Cheese Ltd made £34.4m revenue and £1m profit in the year to 27 Sep 2025.
Bridge Cheese Ltd’s revenue grew 10% to £34.4m in the year to 27 Sep 2025, with £1m profit and 80 employees. The company is classified under “butter and cheese production” and is based in Telford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Telford, West Midlands
- Age
- 8 yrs · since 2018
- 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 | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 28 Sep 2024 | 27 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £30.5m | £31.2m | £34.4m |
| Cost of sales | — | £27.3m | £26.2m | £29.2m |
| Gross profit | — | £3.2m | £5m | £5.2m |
| Operating profit | — | £1.2m | £1.3m | £1.3m |
| Profit before tax | — | £1.2m | £1.3m | £1.3m |
| Profit after tax | — | £968k | £1m | £1m |
| Profit (best available) | — | £968k | £1m | £1m |
| Staff costs | — | £929k | £1.4m | £1.6m |
| Employees (average) | 54 | 67 | 78 | 80 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 3.2% | 3.2% | 2.9% |
| Gross margin | — | 10.6% | 16.2% | 15.2% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £456k | £400k | £430k |
| Profit per employee | — | £14.5k | £13k | £12.5k |
| Cash conversion | — | 220% | 121.7% | 165.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲2.2% | ▲10.3% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲4.5% | ▼1.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲24.1% | ▲16.4% | ▲2.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £17.8k | £1.5m | £1.4m | £2.9m |
| Net assets | £1.7m | £2.6m | £3.5m | £4.3m |
| Fixed assets | £480k | £522k | £1m | £1m |
| Current assets | £7.2m | £5.5m | £7.8m | £8.5m |
| Debtors | £3m | £2.2m | £3m | £3m |
| Deferred income | — | £734k | £1.3m | £2m |
| Cash from operations | — | £2.7m | £1.6m | £2.2m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 15.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £430k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £12.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 165.5%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 5.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 8.7%
- 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
- ▲25%
- Now £4.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲109%
- Now £2.9m
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 80
- Deferred income
- ▲48%
- Now £2m
- Fixed assets
- ▲0%
- Now £1m
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 27 Sep 2025 (profit £1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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