Ron Brooks (Holdings) Limited
Registered name: RON BROOKS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
Ron Brooks (Holdings) Limited made £72m revenue and £102k profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Ron Brooks (Holdings) Limited’s revenue grew 10% to £72m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £102k profit and 111 employees. The company is classified under “sale of new cars and light motor vehicles” and is based in Ilkeston; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Ilkeston, East Midlands
- Age
- 64 yrs · since 1962
- 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 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £59.4m | £65.5m | £72m |
| Cost of sales | −£52.7m | −£58.7m | −£64.7m |
| Gross profit | £6.7m | £6.8m | £7.3m |
| Operating profit | £738k | £587k | £398k |
| Profit before tax | £693k | £511k | £166k |
| Profit after tax | £532k | £366k | £102k |
| Profit (best available) | £532k | £366k | £102k |
| Employees (average) | 103 | 102 | 111 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 0.9% | 0.6% | 0.1% |
| Gross margin | 11.3% | 10.3% | 10.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £576k | £642k | £648k |
| Profit per employee | £5.2k | £3.6k | £918 |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲10.3% | ▲9.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼31.2% | ▼72.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼1% | ▲8.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 10.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £648k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £918
- 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
- ▲9%
- Now 111
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Ron Brooks LimitedRev. £72m · Profit −£37.9k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit £102k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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