Bridgehead Container Services Limited
Registered name: BRIDGEHEAD CONTAINER SERVICES LIMITED
Bridgehead Container Services Limited made £6.2m revenue and £3m profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
Bridgehead Container Services Limited’s revenue fell 2% to £6.2m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £3m profit and 8 employees. The company is classified under “other transportation support activities” and is based in Liverpool; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Liverpool, North West
- Age
- 62 yrs · since 1964
- 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 | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £5.9m | £7m | £6.3m | £6.2m |
| Cost of sales | £2.5m | £2.6m | £2.6m | £2.8m |
| Gross profit | £3.4m | £4.4m | £3.7m | £3.4m |
| Operating profit | £3.5m | £4.6m | £4.4m | £3m |
| Profit before tax | £5.7m | £5m | £330k | £3.8m |
| Profit after tax | £3.3m | £4m | −£989k | £3m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.3m | £4m | −£989k | £3m |
| Staff costs | £546k | £586k | £588k | £559k |
| Employees (average) | 12 | 10 | 8 | 8 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 56.1% | 57% | −15.7% | 48.7% |
| Gross margin | 57.9% | 63.2% | 58.1% | 55.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £489k | £696k | £787k | £773k |
| Profit per employee | £274k | £396k | −£124k | £376k |
| Cash conversion | −109.7% | −109% | 18.7% | −91.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲18.7% | ▼9.5% | ▼1.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲20.5% | ▼125% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼16.7% | ▼20% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £28.4m | £33.7m | £14.2m | £5.9m |
| Net assets | £52.1m | £56m | £55m | £57.7m |
| Fixed assets | £28.6m | £28.1m | £47m | £49.5m |
| Current assets | £29.8m | £34.9m | £15.4m | £15.8m |
| Debtors | £1.1m | £1.1m | £1.1m | £822k |
| Cash from operations | −£3.8m | −£5.1m | £827k | −£2.8m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 48.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 55.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £773k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £376k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −91.9%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 800.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.3%
- 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 £57.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼58%
- Now £5.9m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 8
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲5%
- Now £49.5m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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