Broderick Group Limited
Registered name: BRODERICK GROUP LIMITED
Broderick Group Limited made £25.1m revenue and £1.3m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Broderick Group Limited’s revenue grew 1% to £25.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £1.3m profit and 145 employees. The company is classified under “other food services” and is based in Manchester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Manchester, North West
- Age
- 46 yrs · since 1979
- 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 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £14.2m | £22.1m | £24.9m | £25.1m |
| Cost of sales | £8.3m | £12.2m | £13.9m | £14.3m |
| Gross profit | £5.9m | £9.9m | £10.9m | £10.8m |
| Operating profit | £119k | £1.5m | £2m | £1.7m |
| Profit before tax | £83.9k | £1.4m | £1.9m | £1.7m |
| Profit after tax | £191k | £991k | £1.5m | £1.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £191k | £991k | £1.5m | £1.3m |
| Staff costs | £3.7m | £4.6m | £5.2m | £5.9m |
| Employees (average) | 117 | 137 | 143 | 145 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.4% | 4.5% | 6.1% | 5.3% |
| Gross margin | 41.6% | 44.7% | 44% | 43% |
| Revenue per employee | £121k | £161k | £174k | £173k |
| Profit per employee | £1.6k | £7.2k | £10.6k | £9.2k |
| Cash conversion | −1108% | −85.6% | −160.5% | −204.2% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲56% | ▲12.4% | ▲0.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲419.2% | ▲52.5% | ▼12.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲17.1% | ▲4.4% | ▲1.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £251k | £527k | £1.9m | £3.1m |
| Net assets | £2.8m | £3.6m | £5m | £6m |
| Fixed assets | £3.1m | £3.2m | £3.1m | £3.2m |
| Current assets | £3.7m | £5.7m | £7m | £7.6m |
| Debtors | £1.6m | £3.3m | £3m | £2.3m |
| Cash from operations | −£1.3m | −£1.3m | −£3.1m | −£3.6m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 43%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £173k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £9.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −204.2%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 12.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 9.2%
- 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
- ▲20%
- Now £6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲60%
- Now £3.1m
- Headcount
- ▲1%
- Now 145
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲3%
- Now £3.2m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £1.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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