United Bright Bar Co. Limited
Registered name: UNITED BRIGHT BAR CO. LIMITED
United Bright Bar Co. Limited made £8m revenue and a £158k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
United Bright Bar Co. Limited’s revenue fell 35% to £8m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £158k and 25 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of basic iron and steel and of ferro-alloys” and is based in Wolverhampton; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Wolverhampton, West Midlands
- Age
- 48 yrs · since 1978
- 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&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £15.3m | £16.8m | £12.3m | £8m |
| Cost of sales | £11.6m | £13.3m | −£9.8m | −£6.6m |
| Gross profit | £3.7m | £3.5m | £2.5m | £1.4m |
| Operating profit | £2m | £2m | £778k | −£245k |
| Profit before tax | £2m | £2m | £843k | −£166k |
| Profit after tax | £1.6m | £1.7m | £626k | −£158k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.6m | £1.7m | £626k | −£158k |
| Staff costs | £1.4m | £1.3m | — | — |
| Employees (average) | 28 | 29 | 28 | 25 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 10.4% | 9.9% | 5.1% | −2% |
| Gross margin | 23.9% | 20.8% | 20.1% | 17.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £546k | £580k | £438k | £318k |
| Profit per employee | £56.8k | £57.3k | £22.4k | −£6.3k |
| Cash conversion | −77.8% | −115.4% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲10.1% | ▼27.2% | ▼35% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲4.4% | ▼62.3% | ▼125.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲3.6% | ▼3.5% | ▼10.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £691k | £1.9m | — | — |
| Net assets | £2.3m | £3m | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £822k | £715k | — | — |
| Current assets | £6.5m | £7m | — | — |
| Debtors | £4.9m | £4.2m | — | — |
| Cash from operations | −£1.6m | −£2.3m | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 17.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £318k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£6.3k
- 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
- ▼11%
- Now 25
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit −£158k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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