Bikar Aerospace Metals Ltd
Registered name: BIKAR AEROSPACE METALS LTD
Bikar Aerospace Metals Ltd made £14.1m revenue and a £178k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Bikar Aerospace Metals Ltd’s revenue grew 36% to £14.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £178k and 37 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of other machinery and equipment” and is based in Bristol; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bristol, South West
- Age
- 6 yrs · since 2020
- 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. From the filing: “Bikar Aerospace GmbH”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £962k | £2.7m | £4.2m | £10.3m | £14.1m |
| Cost of sales | — | £0 | £1.3m | £7.2m | £10.1m |
| Gross profit | £962k | £2.7m | £2.9m | £3.1m | £4m |
| Operating profit | £506k | £2.2m | £1.3m | −£236k | £12.3k |
| Profit before tax | £495k | £2.2m | £1.3m | −£246k | −£224k |
| Profit after tax | £399k | £1.7m | £981k | −£191k | −£178k |
| Profit (best available) | £399k | £1.7m | £981k | −£191k | −£178k |
| Staff costs | — | — | — | £1.6m | £2.3m |
| Employees (average) | 3 | 4 | 11 | 24 | 37 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 41.5% | 63.8% | 23.5% | −1.8% | −1.3% |
| Gross margin | 100% | 100% | 69.8% | 30% | 28.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £321k | £685k | £379k | £430k | £381k |
| Profit per employee | £133k | £437k | £89.2k | −£7.9k | −£4.8k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | — | — | −3403% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲184.8% | ▲52.3% | ▲147.6% | ▲36.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲337.4% | ▼43.9% | ▼119.4% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲33.3% | ▲175% | ▲118.2% | ▲54.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £461k | £106k | £826k | £1.3m | £895k |
| Net assets | £463k | £2.2m | £3.2m | £3m | £2.8m |
| Fixed assets | £2.2k | £1.6k | £1.2m | £1.9m | £2.5m |
| Current assets | £989k | £3m | £4.5m | £8.2m | £16.1m |
| Debtors | £528k | £0 | £917k | £1.9m | £3m |
| Deferred income | £2.9k | £4.3k | £12.5k | £577k | — |
| Cash from operations | — | — | — | −£1.9m | −£419k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −1.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 28.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £381k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£4.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −3403%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 17.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 21.2%
- 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
- ▼6%
- Now £2.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▼34%
- Now £895k
- Headcount
- ▲54%
- Now 37
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲27%
- Now £2.5m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£178k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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