Bensons Products Limited
Registered name: BENSONS PRODUCTS LIMITED
Bensons Products Limited made £10.8m revenue and £196k profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Bensons Products Limited’s revenue fell 25% to £10.8m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £196k profit and 36 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of oils and fats” and is based in Widnes; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Widnes, North West
- Age
- 18 yrs · since 2008
- 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 | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £22.4m | £20.8m | £14.3m | £10.8m |
| Cost of sales | £18.4m | £18.1m | £12.8m | £9.3m |
| Gross profit | £4m | £2.7m | £1.5m | £1.5m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £136k | £199k |
| Profit before tax | £2.7m | £1.2m | £114k | £196k |
| Profit after tax | £2.3m | £1.2m | £114k | £196k |
| Profit (best available) | £2.3m | £1.2m | £114k | £196k |
| Staff costs | £1.3m | £1.4m | £1.4m | £1.2m |
| Employees (average) | 42 | 36 | 36 | 36 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 10.3% | 5.7% | 0.8% | 1.8% |
| Gross margin | 17.8% | 13.1% | 10.6% | 14% |
| Revenue per employee | £533k | £579k | £398k | £300k |
| Profit per employee | £54.6k | £32.8k | £3.2k | £5.4k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | 565.7% | 551.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼6.9% | ▼31.2% | ▼24.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼48.6% | ▼90.3% | ▲71.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼14.3% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3.5m | £1.6m | £1.4m | £1.6m |
| Net assets | £5.4m | £6.4m | £6.3m | £6.3m |
| Fixed assets | £2.7m | £4.3m | £4.3m | £4.2m |
| Current assets | £5.8m | £3.5m | £3m | £2.8m |
| Debtors | £930k | £666k | £343k | £265k |
| Cash from operations | £4m | £718k | £768k | £1.1m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 14%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £300k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 551.5%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 39.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.5%
- 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
- ▼0%
- Now £6.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲12%
- Now £1.6m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 36
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- Now £4.2m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit £196k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 22 Oct 2026
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