Roe Bros. & Co Ltd.
Registered name: ROE BROS. & CO LTD.
Roe Bros. & Co Ltd. made £27.7m revenue and £348k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Roe Bros. & Co Ltd.’s revenue fell 16% to £27.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £348k profit and 72 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other fabricated metal products” and is based in Peterborough; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Peterborough, East of England
- Age
- 45 yrs · since 1981
- 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 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £56.8m | £38.6m | £32.8m | £27.7m |
| Cost of sales | £42.8m | £31.9m | £28.7m | £25.1m |
| Gross profit | £14m | £6.7m | £4.1m | £2.6m |
| Operating profit | £9.3m | £2.4m | £148k | £143k |
| Profit before tax | £9.3m | £2.7m | £946k | £576k |
| Profit after tax | £7.6m | £2m | £667k | £348k |
| Profit (best available) | £7.6m | £2m | £667k | £348k |
| Staff costs | £5.4m | £5.2m | £4.7m | £3.5m |
| Employees (average) | 75 | 74 | 75 | 72 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 13.3% | 5.1% | 2% | 1.3% |
| Gross margin | 24.6% | 17.3% | 12.6% | 9.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £757k | £522k | £437k | £385k |
| Profit per employee | £101k | £26.7k | £8.9k | £4.8k |
| Cash conversion | −85% | 54.3% | 1804% | 503.7% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼32% | ▼15% | ▼15.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼73.9% | ▼66.3% | ▼47.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼1.3% | ▲1.4% | ▼4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £20.9m | £19.2m | £13.9m | £17m |
| Net assets | £29.9m | £31.9m | £32.5m | £32.9m |
| Fixed assets | £4m | £3.8m | £4.1m | £3.8m |
| Current assets | £42.1m | £34.6m | £32.5m | £37.6m |
| Debtors | £7.7m | £5.1m | £4.1m | £4.1m |
| Cash from operations | −£7.9m | £1.3m | £2.7m | £718k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 9.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £385k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 503.7%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 13.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14.8%
- 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
- ▲1%
- Now £32.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲22%
- Now £17m
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 72
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼8%
- Now £3.8m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £348k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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