Bira Trading Limited
Registered name: BIRA TRADING LIMITED
Part of Bira Holdings Limited groupBira Trading Limited made £1.6m revenue and a £35.4k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Bira Trading Limited’s revenue grew 2% to £1.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £35.4k and 28 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in Birmingham; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Birmingham
- Age
- 8 yrs · since 2018
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.5m | £1.6m | £1.6m |
| Cost of sales | −£117k | −£90.9k | −£95.3k |
| Gross profit | £1.4m | £1.5m | £1.5m |
| Operating profit | −£429k | −£44.6k | −£160k |
| Profit before tax | −£266k | £32.2k | −£32.7k |
| Profit after tax | −£286k | £25.5k | −£35.4k |
| Profit (best available) | −£286k | £25.5k | −£35.4k |
| Employees (average) | 30 | 28 | 28 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −18.5% | 1.6% | −2.2% |
| Gross margin | 92.4% | 94.3% | 94.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £51.4k | £56.6k | £57.9k |
| Profit per employee | −£9.5k | £910 | −£1.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲2.9% | ▲2.1% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼239.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼6.7% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −2.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 94.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £57.9k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£1.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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 —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 28
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Bira Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Bira Trading Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (6)
- Bira Direct LimitedRev. £18.6m · Profit £39.4k
- Bira Trustee Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
- British Shops and Stores Association LimitedFigures not disclosed
- C 2 Zero LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Oxford Summer School LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The Gift & Lifestyle Consortium LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit −£35.4k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 19 Oct 2026
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