Burcombe Group SW Limited
Registered name: BURCOMBE GROUP SW LIMITED
Burcombe Group SW Limited made £19.2m revenue and £495k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Burcombe Group SW Limited’s revenue fell 8% to £19.2m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £495k profit and 142 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Plymouth; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Plymouth, South West
- Age
- 5 yrs · since 2021
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £19.5m | £21m | £19.2m |
| Cost of sales | £15.9m | £17.3m | £15.6m |
| Gross profit | £3.5m | £3.6m | £3.7m |
| Operating profit | £796k | £961k | £831k |
| Profit before tax | £706k | £848k | £722k |
| Profit after tax | £334k | £661k | £495k |
| Profit (best available) | £334k | £661k | £495k |
| Employees (average) | 123 | 131 | 142 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 1.7% | 3.1% | 2.6% |
| Gross margin | 18.2% | 17.4% | 19.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £158k | £160k | £136k |
| Profit per employee | £2.7k | £5k | £3.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲7.8% | ▼8.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲97.9% | ▼25.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6.5% | ▲8.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 19.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £136k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.5k
- 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
- ▲8%
- Now 142
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (4)
- Burcombe Haulage LimitedRev. £17.8m · Profit £607k
- Burcombe Concrete LtdFigures not disclosed
- Callycombe Aggregates LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Tamar Valley Projects LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £495k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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