Bradgate Containers Limited
Registered name: BRADGATE CONTAINERS LIMITED
Part of Bradgate Containers (Holdings) Limited groupBradgate Containers Limited made £22.3m revenue and £1.4m profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
Bradgate Containers Limited’s revenue fell 3% to £22.3m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £1.4m profit and 184 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other fabricated metal products” and is based in Loughborough; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Loughborough, East Midlands
- Age
- 44 yrs · since 1982
- 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 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £18.7m | £21.3m | £22.9m | £22.3m |
| Cost of sales | £13.8m | £14.5m | £15.2m | £14.8m |
| Gross profit | £4.9m | £6.8m | £7.7m | £7.5m |
| Operating profit | −£41.9k | £1.8m | £2.3m | £1.7m |
| Profit before tax | −£40.2k | £1.8m | £2.3m | £1.7m |
| Profit after tax | −£32.4k | £1.4m | £1.8m | £1.4m |
| Profit (best available) | −£32.4k | £1.4m | £1.8m | £1.4m |
| Staff costs | £8.4m | £9m | £9.6m | £9.8m |
| Employees (average) | 178 | 182 | 192 | 184 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −0.2% | 6.7% | 7.6% | 6.1% |
| Gross margin | 26.2% | 32.1% | 33.5% | 33.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £105k | £117k | £119k | £121k |
| Profit per employee | −£182 | £7.8k | £9.1k | £7.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲13.9% | ▲7.3% | ▼2.7% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲23.1% | ▼22.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2.3% | ▲5.5% | ▼4.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2m | £2.9m | £2.5m | £2.7m |
| Net assets | £4.2m | £5.7m | £7.2m | £8.6m |
| Fixed assets | £2.5m | £2.7m | £3.1m | £3.2m |
| Current assets | £8.4m | £9.9m | £9.2m | £12.2m |
| Debtors | £3.5m | £4.6m | £3.6m | £5.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 33.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £121k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 14.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 23.5%
- 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 £8.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲11%
- Now £2.7m
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 184
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲2%
- Now £3.2m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Bradgate Containers (Holdings) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Bradgate Containers Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Industrial & Marine Silencers LimitedRev. £13.3m · Profit £2m
- Bradgate Industrial Properties LimitedRev. — · Profit £248k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit £1.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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