Bip Candy & Toys UK Limited
Registered name: BIP CANDY & TOYS UK LIMITED
Bip Candy & Toys UK Limited made £15.2m revenue and £137k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Bip Candy & Toys UK Limited’s revenue fell 11% to £15.2m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £137k profit and 12 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of sugar and chocolate and sugar confectionery” and is based in Edinburgh; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Edinburgh, Scotland
- Age
- 27 yrs · since 1999
- 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £17m | £18.1m | £17.2m | £15.2m |
| Cost of sales | £14.1m | £14.9m | £13.9m | £12.1m |
| Gross profit | £3m | £3.2m | £3.2m | £3.2m |
| Operating profit | −£55.1k | £456k | £668k | £405k |
| Profit before tax | −£125k | £374k | £508k | £164k |
| Profit after tax | −£101k | £303k | £357k | £137k |
| Profit (best available) | −£101k | £303k | £357k | £137k |
| Staff costs | £648k | £721k | £715k | £708k |
| Employees (average) | 13 | 13 | 11 | 12 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −0.6% | 1.7% | 2.1% | 0.9% |
| Gross margin | 17.4% | 17.4% | 18.6% | 20.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.3m | £1.4m | £1.6m | £1.3m |
| Profit per employee | −£7.8k | £23.3k | £32.4k | £11.4k |
| Cash conversion | — | −142.3% | 47.4% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲6% | ▼4.9% | ▼11.3% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲17.9% | ▼61.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▼15.4% | ▲9.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £221k | £582k | £54k | £87.7k |
| Net assets | £2.1m | £2.4m | £2.8m | £2.9m |
| Fixed assets | £21k | £17.5k | £13.7k | £10.2k |
| Current assets | £5.5m | £5.8m | £8.1m | £7.1m |
| Debtors | £2.9m | £2m | £6.1m | £3.4m |
| Deferred income | £261k | £247k | £351k | — |
| Cash from operations | −£84.1k | −£649k | £317k | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 20.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.3m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £11.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 22.6%
- 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
- ▲5%
- Now £2.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲62%
- Now £87.7k
- Headcount
- ▲9%
- Now 12
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼26%
- Now £10.2k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £137k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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