Bamford Bus Company Limited
Registered name: BAMFORD BUS COMPANY LIMITED
Part of Hydrab Power Limited groupBamford Bus Company Limited made £455m revenue and £23.9m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Bamford Bus Company Limited’s revenue grew 77% to £455m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £23.9m profit and 1,876 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of motor vehicles” and is based in Oxford; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Oxford, South East
- Age
- 7 yrs · since 2019
- 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: “HydraB Power Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £258m | £455m |
| Cost of sales | £222m | £362m |
| Gross profit | £35.6m | £93.4m |
| Operating profit | −£3.2m | £36.9m |
| Profit before tax | −£10.2m | £31.1m |
| Profit after tax | −£9.8m | £23.9m |
| Profit (best available) | −£9.8m | £23.9m |
| Staff costs | £47.2m | £72m |
| Employees (average) | 1,289 | 1,876 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −3.8% | 5.3% |
| Gross margin | 13.8% | 20.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £200k | £243k |
| Profit per employee | −£7.6k | £12.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲76.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲45.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £54.2m | £59.1m |
| Net assets | £8.4m | £35.3m |
| Fixed assets | £5.9m | £17.3m |
| Current assets | £208m | £230m |
| Debtors | £38.7m | £26.1m |
| Deferred income | £68.4m | £70m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 20.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £243k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £12.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 15.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 5.8%
- 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
- ▲321%
- Now £35.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲9%
- Now £59.1m
- Headcount
- ▲46%
- Now 1,876
- Deferred income
- ▲2%
- Now £70m
- Fixed assets
- ▲191%
- Now £17.3m
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
- Hydrab Power Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Bamford Bus Company Holdings Limited75–100%
- Green Investment Company One Limited75–100%
- Bamford Bus Company Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (4)
- All Service One LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ballymena Hydrogen LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Leiston Hydrogen LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Rgi Bus & Coach Refurbishment LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (1)
- Bamford Bus Company Parts and Aftercare 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 31 Dec 2024 (profit £23.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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