Baker & Bellfield Limited
Registered name: BAKER & BELLFIELD LIMITED
Part of Rekab Limited groupBaker & Bellfield Limited made £8.3m revenue and £912k profit in the year to 31 Jan 2025.
Baker & Bellfield Limited’s revenue grew 21% to £8.3m in the year to 31 Jan 2025, with £912k profit and 75 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other plastic products” and is based in Telford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Telford, West Midlands
- Age
- 33 yrs · since 1993
- 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. From the filing: “The immediate and ultimate holding company is Rekab Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales (registered office address is the same as the company). Rekab Limited prepares group accounts w”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £6.8m | £8.3m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £4.2m | £5.4m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £2.6m | £2.9m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £270k | £1.1m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £128k | £921k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £53.5k | £912k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £53.5k | £912k |
| Staff costs | — | — | £2.8m | £2.8m |
| Employees (average) | 74 | 80 | 81 | 75 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 0.8% | 11.1% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 37.8% | 34.5% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £84.2k | £110k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £661 | £12.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲21% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲1605% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲8.1% | ▲1.3% | ▼7.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £767 | £47.4k | £1.4k | £549k |
| Net assets | £607k | £1m | £998k | £1.7m |
| Fixed assets | £1.1m | £1m | £970k | £1m |
| Current assets | £2.9m | £5m | £6.1m | £6.8m |
| Debtors | £2.1m | £3.6m | £3.1m | £1.2m |
| Deferred income | — | — | £461k | £105k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 11.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 34.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £110k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £12.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 12.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14.4%
- 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
- ▲74%
- Now £1.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲39410%
- Now £549k
- Headcount
- ▼7%
- Now 75
- Deferred income
- ▼77%
- Now £105k
- Fixed assets
- ▲7%
- Now £1m
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
- Rekab Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Baker & Bellfield 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 31 Jan 2025 (profit £912k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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