Bench Building Ltd
Registered name: BENCH BUILDING LTD
Bench Building Ltd made £54.6k revenue and £24.4k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
Bench Building Ltd’s revenue fell 18% to £54.6k in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £24.4k profit and 0 employees. The company is classified under “construction of domestic buildings” and is based in Reading; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Reading, South East
- Age
- 6 yrs · since 2020
- 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 | 31 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £92.2k | £66.3k | £54.6k |
| Cost of sales | — | £43.4k | £14.5k | £8.6k |
| Gross profit | — | £48.8k | £51.8k | £46k |
| Operating profit | — | £5.5k | £32.6k | £30.2k |
| Profit before tax | — | £2.3k | £14.6k | £30.2k |
| Profit after tax | — | £2.3k | £12.3k | £24.4k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £2.3k | £12.3k | £24.4k |
| Employees (average) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 2.5% | 18.5% | 44.8% |
| Gross margin | — | 52.9% | 78.2% | 84.3% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £46.1k | £33.1k | — |
| Profit per employee | — | £1.1k | £6.1k | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼28.2% | ▼17.6% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲435.7% | ▲99.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | ▼100% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | — | £2.1k | £8k | £2.8k |
| Net assets | £5.1k | £2.8k | £9.4k | £7.9k |
| Current assets | £4.7k | £2.1k | £12.9k | £42.1k |
| Debtors | — | — | £4.9k | £39.3k |
| Deferred income | — | £1.9k | £1k | £2.2k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 44.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 84.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- 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
- 4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 72%
- 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
- ▼16%
- Now £7.9k
- Cash at bank
- ▼65%
- Now £2.8k
- Headcount
- ▼100%
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- ▲120%
- Now £2.2k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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 Aug 2025 (profit £24.4k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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