Connell Brothers Limited
Registered name: CONNELL BROTHERS LIMITED
Connell Brothers Limited made £6.8m revenue and £600k profit in the year to 30 Nov 2025. read from filing text
Connell Brothers Limited’s revenue grew 43% to £6.8m in the year to 30 Nov 2025, with £600k profit and 21 employees. The company is classified under “site preparation” and is based in Lancashire; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Lancashire, North West
- Age
- 36 yrs · since 1990
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 May 2022 | 30 Nov 2023 | 30 Nov 2024 | 30 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £4.8m | £6.8m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £3m | £4.2m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £1.8m | £2.6m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £489k | £833k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £496k | £833k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £357k | £600k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £357k | £600k |
| Employees (average) | 24 | 24 | 20 | 21 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 7.5% | 8.8% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 38% | 38.9% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £238k | £325k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £17.9k | £28.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲43.2% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲67.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | — | ▲5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £769k | £222k | £1.3m | £775k |
| Net assets | £2.1m | £2.2m | £1.9m | £2.1m |
| Fixed assets | £1.3m | £929k | £1m | £1.5m |
| Current assets | £1.5m | £2.5m | £2.8m | £3.1m |
| Debtors | £489k | £1.1m | £661k | £1.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 38.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £325k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £28.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 21.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 16.7%
- 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
- ▲10%
- Now £2.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼42%
- Now £775k
- Headcount
- ▲5%
- Now 21
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲41%
- Now £1.5m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Nov 2025 (profit £600k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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