BMS Heavy Cranes UK Limited
Registered name: BMS HEAVY CRANES UK LIMITED
BMS Heavy Cranes UK Limited made £24.3m revenue and £931k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
BMS Heavy Cranes UK Limited’s revenue grew 6% to £24.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £931k profit and 71 employees. The company is classified under “other specialised construction activities” and is based in Huntingdon; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Huntingdon, East of England
- 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: “BMS Heavy Cranes UK Ltd is a 100% subsidiary of BMS Heavy Cranes A/S incorporated in Denmark.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £26.6m | £23m | £24.3m |
| Cost of sales | — | £25.3m | £20.7m | £21.3m |
| Gross profit | — | £1.3m | £2.3m | £3m |
| Operating profit | — | £302k | £828k | £1.4m |
| Profit before tax | — | £203k | £699k | £1.3m |
| Profit after tax | £817k | £175k | £521k | £931k |
| Profit (best available) | £817k | £175k | £521k | £931k |
| Staff costs | — | £8.3m | £6.5m | £6.5m |
| Employees (average) | 85 | 97 | 76 | 71 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 0.7% | 2.3% | 3.8% |
| Gross margin | — | 5% | 9.8% | 12.5% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £275k | £302k | £343k |
| Profit per employee | £9.6k | £1.8k | £6.9k | £13.1k |
| Cash conversion | — | −171.3% | 60.5% | −116.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼13.8% | ▲5.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼78.6% | ▲198.2% | ▲78.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲14.1% | ▼21.6% | ▼6.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £204k | £319k | £292k | £687k |
| Net assets | £990k | £1.2m | £1.7m | £2.6m |
| Fixed assets | £175k | £254k | £241k | £193k |
| Current assets | £9.1m | £7.4m | £8.6m | £10.3m |
| Debtors | £5.2m | £4.1m | £5.5m | £5.3m |
| Deferred income | — | £1.5m | £490k | £1.1m |
| Cash from operations | — | −£518k | £501k | −£1.6m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 12.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £343k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £13.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −116.5%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 21.9%
- 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
- ▲55%
- Now £2.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲135%
- Now £687k
- Headcount
- ▼7%
- Now 71
- Deferred income
- ▲129%
- Now £1.1m
- Fixed assets
- ▼20%
- Now £193k
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 31 Dec 2025 (profit £931k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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