Builders Supply Company Limited (The)
Registered name: BUILDERS SUPPLY COMPANY LIMITED (THE)
Part of Joseph Parr Group Limited groupBuilders Supply Company Limited (The) made £6.9m revenue and a £1.1m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Builders Supply Company Limited (The)’s revenue fell 13% to £6.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £1.1m and 21 employees. The company is classified under “agents involved in the sale of timber and building materials” and is based in Glasgow; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Glasgow, Scotland
- Age
- 98 yrs · since 1928
- 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: “The parent company is Joseph Parr Group Limited, a company incorporated in Great Britain and registered in England and Wales. The registered office is Parr Building Centre, Dunnings Bridge Road, Bootl”
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 | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £8.9m | £8.7m | £7.9m | £6.9m |
| Cost of sales | £6.9m | £7.2m | £6.4m | £5.8m |
| Gross profit | £2m | £1.5m | £1.5m | £1.1m |
| Operating profit | £60k | −£521k | −£442k | −£1.1m |
| Profit before tax | £60k | −£521k | −£441k | −£1.1m |
| Profit after tax | £49.2k | −£520k | −£503k | −£1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £49.2k | −£520k | −£503k | −£1.1m |
| Employees (average) | 21 | 21 | 19 | 21 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.5% | −5.9% | −6.3% | −15.7% |
| Gross margin | 22.6% | 17.3% | 19% | 16.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £424k | £416k | £417k | £329k |
| Profit per employee | £2.3k | −£24.7k | −£26.5k | −£51.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼1.9% | ▼9.3% | ▼12.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼1156% | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▼9.5% | ▲10.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £0 | £152k | £135k | £78.4k |
| Net assets | £204k | −£316k | −£819k | −£1.9m |
| Fixed assets | £319k | £309k | £545k | — |
| Current assets | £2.6m | £2.3m | £2.2m | £1.6m |
| Debtors | £1.1m | £918k | £901k | £590k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −15.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 16.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £329k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£51.8k
- 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
- 8.5%
- 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
- ▼42%
- Now £78.4k
- Headcount
- ▲11%
- Now 21
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Joseph Parr Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Builders Supply Company Limited (The)this company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (9)
- Joseph Parr (Middlesbrough) LimitedRev. £30.2m · Profit £413k
- Joseph Parr (Alco) LimitedRev. £22.8m · Profit £353k
- W.& H.s.emery Company LimitedRev. £17.4m · Profit £75.5k
- Joseph Parr LimitedRev. £10.5m · Profit −£974k
- Parr Rochdale LimitedRev. £3.7m · Profit −£197k
- Joseph Parr (Northants) LimitedRev. £3.6m · Profit −£705k
- Abbey Architectural Ironmongery Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Arlington Property Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Joseph Parr (Tyne & Wear) 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 Dec 2025 (profit −£1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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