Bancroft Limited
Registered name: BANCROFT LIMITED
Part of Teem Group Limited groupBancroft Limited made £100m revenue and £3.8m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Bancroft Limited’s revenue grew 44% to £100m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £3.8m profit and 133 employees. The company is classified under “electrical installation” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 32 yrs · since 1994
- 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 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £49.5m | £59.6m | £69.6m | £100m |
| Cost of sales | £41.8m | £50m | £55.3m | £83.1m |
| Gross profit | £7.7m | £9.6m | £14.2m | £17.2m |
| Operating profit | £445k | £1.4m | £3.7m | £4.3m |
| Profit before tax | £429k | £1.5m | £3.9m | £4.5m |
| Profit after tax | £691k | £1.5m | £3.4m | £3.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £691k | £1.5m | £3.4m | £3.8m |
| Staff costs | £10.5m | £13.2m | £16.2m | £20.1m |
| Employees (average) | 107 | 108 | 117 | 133 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.4% | 2.5% | 4.8% | 3.8% |
| Gross margin | 15.5% | 16.2% | 20.5% | 17.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £463k | £552k | £595k | £754k |
| Profit per employee | £6.5k | £13.6k | £28.8k | £28.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲20.4% | ▲16.7% | ▲44.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲112% | ▲130% | ▲12.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲0.9% | ▲8.3% | ▲13.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3.1m | £3m | £8.4m | £25.2m |
| Net assets | £30.3m | £31.8m | £33.8m | £25.6m |
| Fixed assets | £21.1m | £21.1m | £21m | £21m |
| Current assets | £25.9m | £34.1m | £36.2m | £45.2m |
| Debtors | £22.5m | £31m | £27.6m | £19.9m |
| Deferred income | £3.1m | £8m | £8.3m | £13.5m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 17.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £754k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £28.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 20.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 13.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 19.9%
- 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
- ▼24%
- Now £25.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲201%
- Now £25.2m
- Headcount
- ▲14%
- Now 133
- Deferred income
- ▲62%
- Now £13.5m
- Fixed assets
- ▼0%
- Now £21m
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
- Teem Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Bancroft Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Bancroft Blue LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Gradeley LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (2)
- Bancroft Group LimitedRev. — · Profit £12m
- Gradeley LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £3.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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