Northern Bloc Limited
Registered name: NORTHERN BLOC LIMITED
Part of Bid Corporation Limited groupNorthern Bloc Limited made £7m revenue and a £399k loss in the year to 30 Jun 2025. read from filing text
Northern Bloc Limited’s revenue was £7m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with a loss of £399k and 45 employees. The company is classified under “non-specialised wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco” and is based in Slough.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Slough, South East
- Age
- 2 yrs · since 2024
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |
| Revenue (turnover) | £7m |
| Cost of sales | £5m |
| Gross profit | £2.1m |
| Operating profit | −£494k |
| Profit before tax | −£534k |
| Profit after tax | −£399k |
| Profit (best available) | −£399k |
| Staff costs | £2.1m |
| Employees (average) | 45 |
| Ratios | |
| Profit margin | −5.7% |
| Gross margin | 29.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £156k |
| Profit per employee | −£8.9k |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |
| Cash at bank | £494k |
| Net assets | −£399k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −5.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 29.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £156k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£8.9k
- 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 −£399k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £494k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 45
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Bid Corporation Limited (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Bidcorp (UK) Limited75–100%
- Bidcorp Manufacturing Limited75–100%
- Northern Bloc Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Simply Food Solutions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Texmod Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Yarde Farm 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 30 Jun 2025 (profit −£399k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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