BF1 Solutions Limited
Registered name: BF1 SOLUTIONS LIMITED
Part of Lagercrantz Group Ab groupBF1 Solutions Limited made £19.8m revenue and £2.1m profit in the year to 31 Jan 2026.
BF1 Solutions Limited’s revenue fell 5% to £19.8m in the year to 31 Jan 2026, with £2.1m profit and 152 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Diss; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Diss, East of England
- Age
- 8 yrs · since 2018
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 | 31 Jan 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £20.8m | £21m | £19.8m |
| Cost of sales | −£12.8m | −£12.7m | −£11.4m |
| Gross profit | £8m | £8.3m | £8.4m |
| Operating profit | £2.2m | £2.7m | £2.8m |
| Profit before tax | £2m | £2.7m | £2.8m |
| Profit after tax | £1.7m | £2.4m | £2.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.7m | £2.4m | £2.1m |
| Employees (average) | 179 | 183 | 152 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 8.2% | 11.4% | 10.4% |
| Gross margin | 38.4% | 39.7% | 42.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £116k | £115k | £130k |
| Profit per employee | £9.5k | £13.1k | £13.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲0.6% | ▼5.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲39.9% | ▼13.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2.2% | ▼16.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 10.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 42.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £130k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £13.6k
- 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
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼17%
- Now 152
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Lagercrantz Group Ab (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Lagercrantz UK Limited75–100%
- BF1 Solutions Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- BF1 Technologies LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (11)
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- Principal Doorsets LtdRev. £9.2m · Profit £527k
- CP Global LimitedFigures not disclosed
- D. P. Seals LimitedRev. — · Profit £1.3m
- Door & Joinery Solutions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- E-Tech Components (UK) LimitedRev. — · Profit £269k
- Fireco LimitedFigures not disclosed
- HM Holding Ltd.Figures not disclosed
- Marsden Weighing Machine Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
- S & E Group Management LimitedRev. — · Profit £1.1m
- Seebeck 162 LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Jan 2026 (profit £2.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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