Bew Electrical Distributors Limited
Registered name: BEW ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTORS LIMITED
Part of Bew Electrical Distributors (Holdings) Limited groupBew Electrical Distributors Limited made £126m revenue and £353k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
Bew Electrical Distributors Limited’s revenue grew 4% to £126m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £353k profit and 356 employees. The company is classified under “non-specialised wholesale trade” and is based in Chelmsford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chelmsford, East of England
- Age
- 43 yrs · since 1983
- 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 | 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) | £94.3m | £111m | £122m | £126m |
| Cost of sales | £73.2m | £84.4m | £94m | £96.4m |
| Gross profit | £21m | £26.2m | £28.1m | £30m |
| Operating profit | £1.6m | £4.4m | £4.2m | £2.9m |
| Profit before tax | £2.1m | £3.9m | £2.7m | £1.1m |
| Profit after tax | £1.7m | £2.9m | £1.7m | £353k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.7m | £2.9m | £1.7m | £353k |
| Staff costs | £12.1m | £12.9m | £13.9m | £15.9m |
| Employees (average) | 294 | 302 | 315 | 356 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.8% | 2.6% | 1.4% | 0.3% |
| Gross margin | 22.3% | 23.7% | 23% | 23.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £321k | £366k | £387k | £355k |
| Profit per employee | £5.6k | £9.7k | £5.3k | £992 |
| Cash conversion | −50.8% | −2.2% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲17.3% | ▲10.4% | ▲3.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲76.4% | ▼43.2% | ▼78.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2.7% | ▲4.3% | ▲13% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £427k | £156k | £1.4m | £2.3m |
| Net assets | £9.3m | £12.6m | £14.4m | £15.8m |
| Fixed assets | £7.7m | £8.2m | £8.5m | £7.4m |
| Current assets | £35.2m | £39.8m | £55.8m | £59.1m |
| Debtors | £21.4m | £23.5m | £27.6m | £26.1m |
| Cash from operations | −£830k | −£95.7k | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 23.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £355k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £992
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 5.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 20.7%
- 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
- ▲10%
- Now £15.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲71%
- Now £2.3m
- Headcount
- ▲13%
- Now 356
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼12%
- Now £7.4m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Bew Electrical Distributors (Holdings) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Bew Electrical Distributors 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).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £353k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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