C.brewer & Sons Limited
Registered name: C.BREWER & SONS LIMITED
C.brewer & Sons Limited made £327m revenue and £2.9m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
C.brewer & Sons Limited’s revenue grew 22% to £327m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £2.9m profit. The company is classified under “retail sale of hardware, paints and glass in specialised stores” and is based in Sussex; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Sussex, South East
- Age
- 101 yrs · since 1925
- 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 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £243m | £268m | £327m |
| Cost of sales | −£231m | −£256m | −£309m |
| Gross profit | £12.3m | £11.9m | £18.4m |
| Operating profit | £4.4m | £3.3m | £6.9m |
| Profit before tax | £2.7m | £1.2m | £4.8m |
| Profit after tax | £1.6m | £131k | £2.9m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.6m | £131k | £2.9m |
| Employees (average) | — | — | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 0.6% | 0.1% | 0.9% |
| Gross margin | 5.1% | 4.5% | 5.6% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲10.2% | ▲22.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼91.6% | ▲2150% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 5.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
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- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
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- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
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- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
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- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
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- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
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- 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
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- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
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- Now —
- Deferred income
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- Now —
- Fixed assets
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- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (21)
- The Paint Shed LimitedRev. £27.1m · Profit £1.7m
- Abx Coatings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- C Brewer & Sons Pension Scheme Trustees Ltd.Figures not disclosed
- C Brewer & Sons Propco LimitedFigures not disclosed
- C Brewer & Sons Retirement Benefits Scheme Trustees LtdFigures not disclosed
- Cane Adam LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Colour Consultant Service LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Colour Supplies (2024) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Decorate Now LtdFigures not disclosed
- Decorators Warehouse LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Designerpaint LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Fred Williamson,& Sons,limitedFigures not disclosed
- Handyman's Corner (Brixton) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Humberside Decorative Supplies LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Paint and Decorative Supplies LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Robinson & Neal LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Spraystore LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The Decorating Centre LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The Paint Shed Holdings LimitedLiquidationFigures not disclosed
- Tradipaints LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Wallpaperdirect LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £2.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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