BB Legal Limited
Registered name: BB LEGAL LIMITED
Part of MRF Legal Limited groupBB Legal Limited made £9.3m revenue and £329k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025. read from filing text
BB Legal Limited’s revenue was £9.3m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £329k profit and 149 employees. The company is classified under “solicitors” and is based in Preston; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Preston, North West
- Age
- 16 yrs · since 2010
- 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 parent company is MRF Legal Limited, a limited company registered in England and Wales. MRF Legal Limited registered office is 5 Cambridge Road, Hale, Altrincham, England, WA15 9SY. The ultimate c”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £9.4m | £9.3m |
| Operating profit | — | £271k | −£211k |
| Profit before tax | £387k | £726k | £449k |
| Profit after tax | £282k | £534k | £329k |
| Profit (best available) | £282k | £534k | £329k |
| Staff costs | £6.8m | £5.5m | £5.8m |
| Employees (average) | 187 | 145 | 149 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | 5.7% | 3.5% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £64.6k | £62.7k |
| Profit per employee | £1.5k | £3.7k | £2.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼0.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲89.1% | ▼38.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼22.5% | ▲2.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £438k | £111k | £200k |
| Net assets | £2.6m | £2.7m | £1.6m |
| Fixed assets | £192k | £221k | £241k |
| Current assets | £7.1m | £6.5m | £4.7m |
| Debtors | £629k | £523k | £507k |
| Deferred income | £433k | £540k | £404k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £62.7k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 5.4%
- 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
- ▼39%
- Now £1.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲81%
- Now £200k
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 149
- Deferred income
- ▼25%
- Now £404k
- Fixed assets
- ▲9%
- Now £241k
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
- MRF Legal Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- BB Legal Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Accident Angels LtdFigures not disclosed
- Birchall Blackburn 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 30 Apr 2025 (profit £329k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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