Brightwells Limited
Registered name: BRIGHTWELLS LIMITED
Part of Brightwells Employee Ownership Trustee Limited groupBrightwells Limited made £12.6m revenue and £2m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Brightwells Limited’s revenue grew 8% to £12.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £2m profit and 78 employees. The company is classified under “agents involved in the sale of a variety of goods” and is based in Leominster; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Leominster, West Midlands
- Age
- 40 yrs · since 1986
- 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 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) | £9.2m | £10.4m | £11.7m | £12.6m |
| Cost of sales | £6m | £6.9m | £5.9m | £6.2m |
| Gross profit | £3.1m | £3.5m | £5.8m | £6.4m |
| Operating profit | £981k | £664k | £2.4m | £2.4m |
| Profit before tax | £999k | £829k | £2.6m | £2.6m |
| Profit after tax | £745k | £597k | £2m | £2m |
| Profit (best available) | £745k | £597k | £2m | £2m |
| Staff costs | £4.6m | £4.8m | £3.9m | £3.7m |
| Employees (average) | 55 | 64 | 80 | 78 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 8.1% | 5.8% | 17.3% | 16.1% |
| Gross margin | 34.2% | 33.8% | 49.7% | 50.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £167k | £162k | £146k | £162k |
| Profit per employee | £13.5k | £9.3k | £25.3k | £26k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲13.1% | ▲12.8% | ▲8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼19.8% | ▲238.9% | ▲0.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲16.4% | ▲25% | ▼2.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.8m | £2.3m | £2.4m | £3.8m |
| Net assets | £3m | £2.7m | £4.7m | £5.9m |
| Fixed assets | £3.3m | £3.2m | £3.3m | £3.3m |
| Current assets | £3.4m | £3.5m | £4m | £5.4m |
| Debtors | £421k | £715k | £510k | £530k |
| Deferred income | £1.9m | £1.7m | £333k | £557k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 16.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 50.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £162k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £26k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 26.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 4.2%
- 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
- ▲26%
- Now £5.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲55%
- Now £3.8m
- Headcount
- ▼3%
- Now 78
- Deferred income
- ▲67%
- Now £557k
- Fixed assets
- ▲2%
- Now £3.3m
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
- Brightwells Employee Ownership Trustee Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Brightwells Holdings Limited75–100%
- Brightwells 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 Dec 2025 (profit £2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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