Northcot Brick Limited
Registered name: NORTHCOT BRICK LIMITED
Part of E H Smith Holdings Ltd groupNorthcot Brick Limited made £5.5m revenue and a £186k loss in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Northcot Brick Limited’s revenue grew 8% to £5.5m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with a loss of £186k and 60 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of bricks, tiles and construction products, in baked clay” and is based in Solihull; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Solihull, West Midlands
- Age
- 75 yrs · since 1951
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently. From the filing: “EH Smith (Holdings) Ltd”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £6m | £5.7m | £5.1m | £5.5m |
| Cost of sales | £3.7m | £3m | £3.7m | £4.1m |
| Gross profit | £2.2m | £2.6m | £1.4m | £1.4m |
| Operating profit | £764k | £917k | −£107k | −£208k |
| Profit before tax | £1m | £1.3m | £690k | −£242k |
| Profit after tax | £856k | £974k | £339k | −£186k |
| Profit (best available) | £856k | £974k | £339k | −£186k |
| Staff costs | £2.4m | £2.6m | £2.6m | £2.7m |
| Employees (average) | 59 | 61 | 60 | 60 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 14.3% | 17.2% | 6.6% | −3.4% |
| Gross margin | 37.6% | 46.3% | 28.2% | 26% |
| Revenue per employee | £101k | £93.1k | £85.3k | £92k |
| Profit per employee | £14.5k | £16k | £5.7k | −£3.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼5% | ▼9.8% | ▲7.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲13.7% | ▼65.1% | ▼154.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲3.4% | ▼1.6% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.3m | £619k | £549k | £378k |
| Net assets | £6.2m | £7.1m | £7.5m | £7.3m |
| Fixed assets | £3.6m | £4.1m | £6.2m | £6.1m |
| Current assets | £4m | £4.7m | £4.2m | £4.2m |
| Debtors | £933k | £869k | £838k | £753k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −3.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 26%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £92k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£3.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 110.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.6%
- 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
- ▼2%
- Now £7.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼31%
- Now £378k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 60
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- Now £6.1m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- E H Smith Holdings Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Northcot Brick Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- E H Smith (Builders Merchants) LimitedRev. £166m · Profit £2.4m
- Advanced Construction Systems LimitedRev. £1.1m · Profit −£24.1k
- Bovingdon Brickworks LimitedRev. £11 · Profit £2.8m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit −£186k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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