M.brittain(York)limited
Registered name: M.BRITTAIN(YORK)LIMITED
M.brittain(York)limited made £21.2m revenue and £440k profit in the year to 31 Oct 2025.
M.brittain(York)limited’s revenue was £21.2m in the year to 31 Oct 2025, with £440k profit and 53 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other tanks, reservoirs and containers of metal” and is based in York; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- York, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 54 yrs · since 1972
- 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 Oct 2023 | 31 Oct 2024 | 31 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £27.9m | £21.2m | £21.2m |
| Cost of sales | £24.7m | £19.5m | £19.2m |
| Gross profit | £3.3m | £1.8m | £2m |
| Operating profit | £1.9m | £92.3k | £184k |
| Profit before tax | £2m | £738k | £661k |
| Profit after tax | £1.6m | £496k | £440k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.6m | £496k | £440k |
| Employees (average) | 70 | 57 | 53 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 5.8% | 2.3% | 2.1% |
| Gross margin | 11.7% | 8.3% | 9.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £399k | £373k | £400k |
| Profit per employee | £23k | £8.7k | £8.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼24% | ▼0.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼69.2% | ▼11.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼18.6% | ▼7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 9.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £400k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £8.3k
- 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
- ▼7%
- Now 53
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Oct 2025 (profit £440k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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