Brooksbank Valves Limited
Registered name: BROOKSBANK VALVES LIMITED
Part of Aluminium Bronze Valves Limited groupBrooksbank Valves Limited made £8.5m revenue and £506k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Brooksbank Valves Limited’s revenue grew 21% to £8.5m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £506k profit and 59 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of taps and valves” and is based in Keighley; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Keighley, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 55 yrs · since 1971
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £4.8m | £5.3m | £7m | £8.5m |
| Cost of sales | £2.1m | £2.9m | £3.3m | £3.8m |
| Gross profit | £2.7m | £2.4m | £3.7m | £4.7m |
| Operating profit | −£96.6k | −£687k | £439k | £672k |
| Profit before tax | −£117k | −£707k | £429k | £701k |
| Profit after tax | −£152k | −£532k | £322k | £506k |
| Profit (best available) | −£152k | −£532k | £322k | £506k |
| Staff costs | £2.1m | £2.2m | £2.3m | £2.6m |
| Employees (average) | 60 | 60 | 59 | 59 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −3.1% | −10% | 4.6% | 5.9% |
| Gross margin | 56.8% | 45.2% | 52.6% | 55.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £80.5k | £89k | £119k | £144k |
| Profit per employee | −£2.5k | −£8.9k | £5.5k | £8.6k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | 26% | −367.7% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲10.6% | ▲31.2% | ▲21.4% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲57.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▼1.7% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £36 | £256k | £93.5k | £1.7m |
| Net assets | £2.8m | £2.3m | £2.6m | £3.1m |
| Fixed assets | £1.7m | £1.6m | £1.5m | £1.9m |
| Current assets | £4.5m | £6.1m | £10.7m | £12.1m |
| Debtors | £1.3m | £958k | £3.6m | £2.5m |
| Deferred income | £1.3m | £4m | £5.9m | £8m |
| Cash from operations | −£218k | −£1.7m | £114k | −£2.5m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 55.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £144k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £8.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −367.7%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 21.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 94.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 29.3%
- 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
- ▲19%
- Now £3.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲1725%
- Now £1.7m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 59
- Deferred income
- ▲35%
- Now £8m
- Fixed assets
- ▲20%
- Now £1.9m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Aluminium Bronze Valves Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Brooksbank Valves Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Brooksbank Overseas Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £506k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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