BCL Realisations 2026 Limited
Registered name: BCL REALISATIONS 2026 LIMITED
Part of Chiltern Capital LLP groupBCL Realisations 2026 Limited made £203m revenue and £3.4m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2024.
BCL Realisations 2026 Limited’s revenue fell 3% to £203m in the year to 31 Mar 2024, with £3.4m profit and 290 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of other intermediate products” and is based in Manchester; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- In Administration
- Location
- Manchester
- Age
- 48 yrs · since 1978
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £181m | £210m | £203m |
| Cost of sales | −£136m | −£166m | −£170m |
| Gross profit | £45.1m | £44.3m | £32.8m |
| Operating profit | £20.8m | £18.5m | £7.6m |
| Profit before tax | £20.3m | £17.6m | £5.4m |
| Profit after tax | £15.7m | £14.9m | £3.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £15.7m | £14.9m | £3.4m |
| Employees (average) | 290 | 286 | 290 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 8.6% | 7.1% | 1.7% |
| Gross margin | 24.9% | 21.1% | 16.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £626k | £734k | £699k |
| Profit per employee | £54.1k | £52.2k | £11.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲15.7% | ▼3.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼4.8% | ▼77.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼1.4% | ▲1.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 16.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £699k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £11.7k
- 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 —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲1%
- Now 290
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Chiltern Capital LLPultimate parent75–100%
- Chiltern Capital Nominees Limited75–100%
- Cricket Topco 2 Limited75–100%
- Cricket Midco 1 Limited75–100%
- Cricket Midco 2 Limited75–100%
- Cricket Bidco Limited75–100%
- BCL Realisations 2026 Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2024 (profit £3.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 19 Oct 2026
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