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Company No. 08187238 · Incorporated 21 Aug 2012

Britannia Parking Services Limited

Registered name: BRITANNIA PARKING SERVICES LIMITED

Part of Q-Park UK Limited group

Britannia Parking Services Limited made £23.3m revenue and £2.2m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2023. read from filing text

Britannia Parking Services Limited’s revenue was £23.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2023, with £2.2m profit and 93 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in Bournemouth; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection N · Administrative and support servicesSIC 82990Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Status
Active
Location
Bournemouth, South West
Age
14 yrs · since 2012
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.

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2023

Key figures

Capital-light
Revenue
£23.3m
Growth —
Profit
£2.2m
Growth —
Profit margin
9.6%
Gross 42%
Employees
93
Change —
Profit / employee
£24k
Revenue/employee £250k
Profitable streak
2yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

2 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to30 Jun 202231 Dec 2023
DisclosureFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£12.1m£23.3m
Cost of sales£7.1m£13.5m
Gross profit£5m£9.8m
Operating profit£1.5m£2.8m
Profit before tax£1.5m£2.8m
Profit after tax£1.2m£2.2m
Profit (best available)£1.2m£2.2m
Staff costs£2m£3.5m
Employees (average)8393
Ratios
Profit margin10.2%9.6%
Gross margin41.6%42%
Revenue per employee£146k£250k
Profit per employee£14.9k£24k
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£1.1m£1.1m
Net assets£74.6k£2.3m
Fixed assets£953k£1.3m
Current assets£7.4m£10.7m
Debtors£368k£970k
Deferred income£5.5m£5.5m
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
9.6%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
42%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£250k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£24k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
5.8%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
23.8%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
4.2%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
—
Now £2.3m
Cash at bank
—
Now £1.1m
Headcount
—
Now 93
Deferred income
—
Now £5.5m
Fixed assets
—
Now £1.3m

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Q-Park UK Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Britannia Parking Group Limited75–100%
  3. Britannia Parking Services Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Sister companies (7)

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 2023 (profit £2.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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