Bickford Truck Hire Limited
Registered name: BICKFORD TRUCK HIRE LIMITED
Bickford Truck Hire Limited made £8.6m revenue and £189k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Bickford Truck Hire Limited’s revenue fell 9% to £8.6m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £189k profit and 53 employees. The company is classified under “maintenance and repair of motor vehicles” and is based in Wolverhampton; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Wolverhampton, West Midlands
- Age
- 45 yrs · since 1981
- 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 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £9.7m | £9.4m | £8.6m |
| Cost of sales | £7.1m | £7.3m | £6.9m |
| Gross profit | £2.6m | £2.1m | £1.7m |
| Profit before tax | £1.1m | £590k | £283k |
| Profit after tax | £866k | −£92.2k | £189k |
| Profit (best available) | £866k | −£92.2k | £189k |
| Staff costs | £2.2m | £2.5m | £2.5m |
| Employees (average) | 62 | 52 | 53 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 9% | −1% | 2.2% |
| Gross margin | 26.6% | 22% | 19.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £156k | £181k | £162k |
| Profit per employee | £14k | −£1.8k | £3.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼2.6% | ▼8.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼110.7% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼16.1% | ▲1.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £2.3m | £2.8m | £2.7m |
| Net assets | £15.5m | £15.3m | £15.5m |
| Fixed assets | £15.3m | £15.6m | £16.7m |
| Current assets | £4.2m | £4.5m | £4.5m |
| Debtors | £1.6m | £1.6m | £1.7m |
| Cash from operations | £3.6m | £3.1m | £3.1m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 19.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £162k
- 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
- 194.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 19.7%
- 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
- ▲1%
- Now £15.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼3%
- Now £2.7m
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 53
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲7%
- Now £16.7m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £189k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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