Norman Broadbent PLC
Registered name: NORMAN BROADBENT PLC
Norman Broadbent PLC made £15.1m revenue and £620k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Norman Broadbent PLC’s revenue grew 39% to £15.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £620k profit and 59 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 90 yrs · since 1936
- Type
- Public 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 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £12.3m | £10.9m | £15.1m |
| Cost of sales | −£1.7m | −£1.6m | −£2.9m |
| Gross profit | £10.6m | £9.3m | £12.3m |
| Operating profit | £412k | −£102k | £648k |
| Profit before tax | £309k | −£158k | £620k |
| Profit after tax | £309k | −£158k | £620k |
| Profit (best available) | £309k | −£158k | £620k |
| Employees (average) | — | 58 | 59 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 2.5% | −1.5% | 4.1% |
| Gross margin | 85.9% | 85.3% | 81% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £188k | £257k |
| Profit per employee | — | −£2.7k | £10.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼11.3% | ▲38.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼151.1% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▲1.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 81%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £257k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £10.5k
- 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 59
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (2)
- Norman Broadbent Executive Search LimitedRev. £10.9m · Profit −£171k
- Society LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £620k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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