Bruce Douglas Marketing Limited
Registered name: BRUCE DOUGLAS MARKETING LIMITED
Bruce Douglas Marketing Limited made £14.1m revenue and £2.2m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Bruce Douglas Marketing Limited’s revenue fell 2% to £14.1m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £2.2m profit and 36 employees. The company is classified under “non-specialised wholesale trade” and is based in Dunsinane Industrial Estate; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Dunsinane Industrial Estate, Scotland
- Age
- 50 yrs · since 1976
- 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £14.5m | £15.4m | £14.4m | £14.1m |
| Cost of sales | £9.5m | £10.7m | £9m | £8.3m |
| Gross profit | £5m | £4.7m | £5.4m | £5.9m |
| Operating profit | £2.1m | £1.7m | £2.4m | £2.6m |
| Profit before tax | £2.1m | £1.8m | £2.5m | £3m |
| Profit after tax | £1.7m | £1.4m | £1.9m | £2.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.7m | £1.4m | £1.9m | £2.2m |
| Staff costs | £1.7m | £1.6m | £1.6m | £1.8m |
| Employees (average) | 35 | 35 | 34 | 36 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 11.6% | 9.2% | 13.4% | 15.7% |
| Gross margin | 34.6% | 30.4% | 37.3% | 41.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £415k | £440k | £422k | £392k |
| Profit per employee | £48.2k | £40.5k | £56.6k | £61.6k |
| Cash conversion | −64.4% | −130.3% | −125.6% | −83.3% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲6.1% | ▼6.8% | ▼1.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼15.9% | ▲35.9% | ▲15.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▼2.9% | ▲5.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £7.1m | £8.9m | £11.2m | £12.6m |
| Net assets | £14.2m | £15.5m | £17.2m | £19.3m |
| Fixed assets | £110k | £88.8k | £172k | £166k |
| Current assets | £15.7m | £16.6m | £18.7m | £20.3m |
| Debtors | £3.3m | £3.6m | £3.5m | £3.4m |
| Cash from operations | −£1.3m | −£2.3m | −£3m | −£2.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 15.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 41.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £392k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £61.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −83.3%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 23.8%
- 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
- ▲12%
- Now £19.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲13%
- Now £12.6m
- Headcount
- ▲6%
- Now 36
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼3%
- Now £166k
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Ultratape Systems LtdFigures 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 Mar 2025 (profit £2.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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