Fish Brothers Group Limited
Registered name: FISH BROTHERS GROUP LIMITED
Fish Brothers Group Limited made £11.3m revenue and £487k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Fish Brothers Group Limited’s revenue grew 10% to £11.3m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £487k profit and 51 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale of watches and jewellery in specialised stores” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 122 yrs · since 1904
- 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.
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) | £13.6m | £9.9m | £10.3m | £11.3m |
| Cost of sales | £9.5m | £6.5m | £6.6m | £7.2m |
| Gross profit | £4m | £3.4m | £3.7m | £4.1m |
| Operating profit | £346k | −£373k | £40.3k | £701k |
| Profit before tax | £241k | −£532k | −£173k | £507k |
| Profit after tax | £264k | −£586k | −£53k | £487k |
| Profit (best available) | £264k | −£586k | −£53k | £487k |
| Staff costs | £1.7m | £1.8m | £1.8m | £1.8m |
| Employees (average) | 63 | 61 | 59 | 51 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.9% | −5.9% | −0.5% | 4.3% |
| Gross margin | 29.6% | 34.5% | 36.2% | 36.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £215k | £162k | £175k | £222k |
| Profit per employee | £4.2k | −£9.6k | −£898 | £9.5k |
| Cash conversion | −350.9% | — | −123.2% | 144.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼27.2% | ▲4.6% | ▲9.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼321.8% | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼3.2% | ▼3.3% | ▼13.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £272k | £248k | £254k | £265k |
| Net assets | £7.9m | £7.1m | £7m | £7.5m |
| Fixed assets | £1.7m | £1.5m | £1.3m | £1.3m |
| Current assets | £10.3m | £9.5m | £9.5m | £9.3m |
| Debtors | £6m | £5.6m | £5.2m | £5.3m |
| Deferred income | £193k | £395k | £219k | £233k |
| Cash from operations | −£1.2m | £801k | −£49.6k | £1m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 36.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £222k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £9.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 144.8%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 11.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 46.8%
- 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
- ▲6%
- Now £7.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲5%
- Now £265k
- Headcount
- ▼14%
- Now 51
- Deferred income
- ▲6%
- Now £233k
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- Now £1.3m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (3)
- Charles Fish LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Fish Brothers LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Pawn Anything 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 Mar 2025 (profit £487k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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