Essex Board and Timber Ltd
Registered name: ESSEX BOARD AND TIMBER LTD
Essex Board and Timber Ltd made £444k revenue and £18.2k profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025. read from filing text
Essex Board and Timber Ltd’s revenue grew 1% to £444k in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £18.2k profit and 7 employees. The company is classified under “other specialised construction activities” and is based in Brentwood; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Brentwood, East of England
- Age
- 9 yrs · since 2017
- 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 Jul 2022 | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £438k | £444k |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £287k | £234k |
| Gross profit | — | — | £151k | £210k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £15.5k | £21.1k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £13.3k | £18.2k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £13.3k | £18.2k |
| Employees (average) | — | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 3% | 4.1% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 34.5% | 47.4% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £62.5k | £63.5k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £1.9k | £2.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲1.5% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲37% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.7k | £3 | £0 | £2 |
| Net assets | −£10.7k | −£8k | £5.3k | £23.5k |
| Fixed assets | £3.6k | £9.2k | £10.2k | £18k |
| Current assets | £16.9k | £73k | £151k | £362k |
| Deferred income | £1.5k | £1.9k | £2k | £2k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 47.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £63.5k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- ▲346%
- Now £23.5k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £2
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 7
- Deferred income
- 0%
- Now £2k
- Fixed assets
- ▲76%
- Now £18k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jul 2025 (profit £18.2k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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