Bristol Wessex Billing Services Limited
Registered name: BRISTOL WESSEX BILLING SERVICES LIMITED
Bristol Wessex Billing Services Limited made £19.7m revenue and £6k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Bristol Wessex Billing Services Limited’s revenue grew 6% to £19.7m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £6k profit and 356 employees. The company is classified under “other service activities” and is based in Bristol; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bristol, South West
- Age
- 25 yrs · since 2001
- 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 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £18.5m | £19.7m |
| Cost of sales | £12.4m | £13.4m |
| Gross profit | £6.1m | £6.3m |
| Operating profit | −£15k | −£61k |
| Profit before tax | £41k | £10k |
| Profit after tax | £36k | £6k |
| Profit (best available) | £36k | £6k |
| Staff costs | £12.4m | £13.4m |
| Employees (average) | 357 | 356 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 0.2% | 0% |
| Gross margin | 33% | 31.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £51.9k | £55.2k |
| Profit per employee | £101 | £17 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲6.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼83.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼0.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £1.3m | £1.7m |
| Net assets | £61k | £67k |
| Current assets | £3.9m | £3.7m |
| Debtors | £61k | £47k |
| Cash from operations | £254k | −£320k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 31.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £55.2k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £17
- 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
- 0.2%
- 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 £67k
- Cash at bank
- ▲29%
- Now £1.7m
- Headcount
- ▼0%
- Now 356
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Searchlight Collections LimitedRev. £192k · Profit £0
Minority corporate shareholders
- South West Water Limited 25–50%
- Wessex Water Limited 25–50%
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £6k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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