Broadwater Mouldings Limited
Registered name: BROADWATER MOULDINGS LIMITED
Part of P.H. Betts (Holdings) Limited groupBroadwater Mouldings Limited made £16.4m revenue and £563k profit in the year to 31 Jan 2026. read from filing text
Broadwater Mouldings Limited’s revenue fell 11% to £16.4m in the year to 31 Jan 2026, with £563k profit and 158 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other plastic products” and is based in Suffolk; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Suffolk, East of England
- Age
- 55 yrs · since 1971
- 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 | 31 Jan 2022 | 31 Jan 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 | 31 Jan 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £13.9m | £16.8m | £19m | £18.4m | £16.4m |
| Cost of sales | £12.1m | £14.6m | £15.5m | £16.1m | £14.3m |
| Gross profit | £1.8m | £2.2m | £3.4m | £2.3m | £2.1m |
| Operating profit | £414k | £633k | £1.2m | £599k | £535k |
| Profit before tax | £409k | £634k | £1.2m | £624k | £559k |
| Profit after tax | £430k | £671k | £1.1m | £647k | £563k |
| Profit (best available) | £430k | £671k | £1.1m | £647k | £563k |
| Staff costs | £4.5m | £5.3m | £5.9m | £6.4m | £5.8m |
| Employees (average) | 141 | 168 | 171 | 184 | 158 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 3.1% | 4% | 5.7% | 3.5% | 3.4% |
| Gross margin | 12.9% | 13.3% | 18.1% | 12.4% | 13% |
| Revenue per employee | £98.5k | £100k | £111k | £100k | £104k |
| Profit per employee | £3k | £4k | £6.3k | £3.5k | £3.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲21.2% | ▲12.7% | ▼3% | ▼10.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲56.2% | ▲60.9% | ▼40.1% | ▼13% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲19.1% | ▲1.8% | ▲7.6% | ▼14.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £1.5m | £1.5m | £2.4m | £1.8m | £2.6m |
| Net assets | £7m | £7.7m | £8.5m | £8.8m | £9.1m |
| Fixed assets | £2.5m | £2.6m | £2.5m | £2.5m | £2.4m |
| Current assets | £6.3m | £6.9m | £8.9m | £8.4m | £8.9m |
| Debtors | £1.9m | £2.6m | £3.2m | £2.8m | £2.9m |
| Deferred income | £167k | £174k | £283k | £123k | £124k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 13%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £104k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 14.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 17.9%
- 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
- ▲4%
- Now £9.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲47%
- Now £2.6m
- Headcount
- ▼14%
- Now 158
- Deferred income
- ▲1%
- Now £124k
- Fixed assets
- ▼3%
- Now £2.4m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- P.H. Betts (Holdings) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Broadwater Mouldings Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Betzbuilt LtdRev. — · Profit −£119k
- Hatcher Components LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Hatcher Conversions 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 Jan 2026 (profit £563k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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