Arkell's Brewery Limited
Registered name: ARKELL'S BREWERY LIMITED
Arkell's Brewery Limited made £29.9m revenue and £2m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Arkell's Brewery Limited’s revenue grew 3% to £29.9m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £2m profit and 344 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of beer” and is based in Swindon; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Swindon, South West
- Age
- 98 yrs · since 1927
- 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 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £26.9m | £29.1m | £29.9m |
| Cost of sales | £19.7m | £20.8m | £21.1m |
| Gross profit | £7.2m | £8.4m | £8.8m |
| Operating profit | — | £3.3m | £3.7m |
| Profit before tax | £774k | £2.7m | £2.7m |
| Profit after tax | −£145k | £2.1m | £2m |
| Profit (best available) | −£145k | £2.1m | £2m |
| Employees (average) | 344 | 338 | 344 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −0.5% | 7.2% | 6.9% |
| Gross margin | 26.9% | 28.8% | 29.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £78.2k | £86.2k | £86.8k |
| Profit per employee | −£421 | £6.2k | £6k |
| Cash conversion | — | −139.7% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲8.4% | ▲2.5% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼2.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼1.7% | ▲1.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £7.3k | £6.5k | — |
| Net assets | £53.6m | £55.5m | — |
| Fixed assets | £78m | £79.1m | — |
| Current assets | £3.7m | £3.9m | — |
| Debtors | £944k | £1.5m | — |
| Deferred income | £760k | £1.1m | — |
| Cash from operations | −£3.1m | −£4.6m | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 29.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £86.8k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £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
- ▲2%
- Now 344
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Fox Court Management Company LimitedFigures 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 Mar 2025 (profit £2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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