Braintree Precision Components Limited
Registered name: BRAINTREE PRECISION COMPONENTS LIMITED
Part of Hepco (Holdings) Limited groupBraintree Precision Components Limited made £8.5m revenue and £24.8k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Braintree Precision Components Limited’s revenue grew 9% to £8.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £24.8k profit and 77 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of bearings, gears, gearing and driving elements”; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London
- Age
- 37 yrs · since 1989
- 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) | £8.1m | £10.5m | £7.8m | £8.5m |
| Cost of sales | £5.8m | £7m | £5.6m | £6.3m |
| Gross profit | £2.3m | £3.5m | £2.2m | £2.2m |
| Operating profit | £21.2k | £1.2m | −£84.8k | £34.1k |
| Profit before tax | £21.2k | £1.2m | −£84.8k | £32.7k |
| Profit after tax | £23.8k | £904k | −£17.1k | £24.8k |
| Profit (best available) | £23.8k | £904k | −£17.1k | £24.8k |
| Staff costs | £2.8m | £3.2m | £3.1m | £3.1m |
| Employees (average) | 78 | 87 | 81 | 77 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.3% | 8.6% | −0.2% | 0.3% |
| Gross margin | 28.5% | 33.5% | 28.5% | 25.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £103k | £121k | £96k | £110k |
| Profit per employee | £305 | £10.4k | −£211 | £322 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲30.1% | ▼25.9% | ▲9.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲3703% | ▼101.9% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲11.5% | ▼6.9% | ▼4.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £500 | £480 | £481 | £500 |
| Net assets | £7m | £7.9m | £7.8m | £7.9m |
| Fixed assets | £3.7m | £4.8m | £5.8m | £5.3m |
| Current assets | £4.1m | £4.3m | £3.6m | £4.7m |
| Debtors | £0 | £600 | £4.4k | £0 |
| Deferred income | £164k | £177k | £170k | £111k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 25.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £110k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £322
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 62.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- ▲0%
- Now £7.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲4%
- Now £500
- Headcount
- ▼5%
- Now 77
- Deferred income
- ▼35%
- Now £111k
- Fixed assets
- ▼9%
- Now £5.3m
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
- Hepco (Holdings) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Braintree Precision Components Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Hepco Slide Systems LimitedRev. £46.8m · Profit £4.8m
- Hepcoautomation LimitedFigures not disclosed
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 £24.8k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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