BCQ Solutions Limited
Registered name: BCQ SOLUTIONS LIMITED
Part of William Pollard & Company (Holdings) Limited groupBCQ Solutions Limited made £9.9m revenue and a £918k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
BCQ Solutions Limited’s revenue was £9.9m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £918k and 98 employees. The company is classified under “printing” and is based in Exeter; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Exeter, South West
- Age
- 3 yrs · since 2023
- 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: “William Pollard & Company Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £6.2m | £9.9m |
| Cost of sales | £4.1m | £6.6m |
| Gross profit | £2m | £3.2m |
| Profit before tax | −£969k | −£1m |
| Profit after tax | −£969k | −£918k |
| Profit (best available) | −£969k | −£918k |
| Staff costs | £2.7m | £4m |
| Employees (average) | 103 | 98 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −15.6% | −9.3% |
| Gross margin | 33% | 32.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £60.1k | £101k |
| Profit per employee | −£9.4k | −£9.4k |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £286k | £111k |
| Net assets | −£968k | −£1.9m |
| Fixed assets | £4.1m | £3.7m |
| Current assets | £2m | £2m |
| Debtors | £1.5m | £1.5m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −9.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 32.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £101k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£9.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 37.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 15.4%
- 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 −£1.9m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £111k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 98
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £3.7m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- William Pollard & Company (Holdings) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- William Pollard & Company Limited75–100%
- BCQ Solutions Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Redrok (UK) LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit −£918k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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