Brayborne Facilities Services Limited
Registered name: BRAYBORNE FACILITIES SERVICES LIMITED
Part of Ocs Holdco 3 Limited groupBrayborne Facilities Services Limited made £17.2m revenue and £184k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2024.
Brayborne Facilities Services Limited’s revenue grew 7% to £17.2m in the year to 31 Mar 2024, with £184k profit and 1,263 employees. The company is classified under “general cleaning of buildings” and is based in Ipswich; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Ipswich, East of England
- Age
- 41 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £15.3m | £16m | £17.2m |
| Cost of sales | £13.2m | £14.2m | £14.9m |
| Gross profit | £2.1m | £1.8m | £2.2m |
| Operating profit | £1m | £203k | £169k |
| Profit before tax | £1m | £205k | £169k |
| Profit after tax | £982k | £189k | £184k |
| Profit (best available) | £982k | £189k | £184k |
| Staff costs | £12.8m | £13.6m | £14.6m |
| Employees (average) | 1,275 | 1,230 | 1,263 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 6.4% | 1.2% | 1.1% |
| Gross margin | 13.9% | 11.4% | 13.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £12k | £13k | £13.6k |
| Profit per employee | £770 | £154 | £145 |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲4.6% | ▲7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼80.7% | ▼2.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼3.5% | ▲2.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £514k | £379k | £791k |
| Net assets | £3m | £3.2m | £3.7m |
| Fixed assets | £527k | £527k | £875k |
| Current assets | £4m | £4.2m | £4.6m |
| Debtors | £1.6m | £1.4m | £3.8m |
| Deferred income | £503k | £442k | £544k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 13.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £13.6k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £145
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 5.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 22.3%
- 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
- ▲17%
- Now £3.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲109%
- Now £791k
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 1,263
- Deferred income
- ▲23%
- Now £544k
- Fixed assets
- ▲66%
- Now £875k
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
- Ocs Holdco 3 Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Ocs Holdco 4 Limited75–100%
- Ocs Parco Limited75–100%
- Ocs Group Holdings Limited75–100%
- Ocs Group Investments Limited75–100%
- Ocs Group International Limited75–100%
- Ocs Uk&i Limited75–100%
- Ocs Group UK Limited75–100%
- The Exclusive Services Group Limited75–100%
- Exclusive Contract Services Limited75–100%
- Brayborne Facilities Services Limitedthis 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 Mar 2024 (profit £184k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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