Fox Brothers (Leyland) Ltd
Registered name: FOX BROTHERS (LEYLAND) LTD
Part of Fox Brothers Holdings Limited groupFox Brothers (Leyland) Ltd made £45.6m revenue and £3.9m profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025. read from filing text
Fox Brothers (Leyland) Ltd’s revenue fell 15% to £45.6m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £3.9m profit and 265 employees. The company is classified under “quarrying of ornamental and building stone, limestone, gypsum, chalk and slate” and is based in Blackpool; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Blackpool, North West
- Age
- 42 yrs · since 1984
- 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 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £54.7m | £53.4m | £45.6m |
| Cost of sales | £46.2m | £40.8m | £34.8m |
| Gross profit | £8.5m | £12.6m | £10.9m |
| Operating profit | £3.6m | £6.2m | £3.4m |
| Profit before tax | £1.5m | £467k | −£165k |
| Profit after tax | £1.2m | £479k | £3.9m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.2m | £479k | £3.9m |
| Staff costs | £13.7m | £12.2m | £12.3m |
| Employees (average) | 331 | 288 | 265 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 2.1% | 0.9% | 8.5% |
| Gross margin | 15.6% | 23.6% | 23.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £165k | £185k | £172k |
| Profit per employee | £3.5k | £1.7k | £14.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼2.4% | ▼14.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼59.1% | ▲707.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼13% | ▼8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £442k | £42k | £510k |
| Net assets | £30.5m | £1m | £1.6m |
| Fixed assets | £28.7m | £7k | £38.9m |
| Current assets | £43.1m | £25m | £17.7m |
| Debtors | £11.4m | £7.6m | £9.5m |
| Deferred income | £643k | £962k | £1.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 23.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £172k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £14.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 85.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 20.9%
- 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
- ▲54%
- Now £1.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲1114%
- Now £510k
- Headcount
- ▼8%
- Now 265
- Deferred income
- ▲29%
- Now £1.2m
- Fixed assets
- ▲555229%
- Now £38.9m
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
- Fox Brothers Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Hurt Plant Hire Ltd75–100%
- Fox Brothers (Leyland) Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
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 £3.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 14 Oct 2026
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