Brand Finance PLC
Registered name: BRAND FINANCE PLC
Brand Finance PLC made £17.4m revenue and £336k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2026.
Brand Finance PLC’s revenue fell 1% to £17.4m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with £336k profit and 146 employees. The company is classified under “financial management” and is based in Falmouth; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Falmouth, South West
- Age
- 30 yrs · since 1996
- Type
- Public 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £15.1m | £17.5m | £17.4m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | −£4.9m | −£5.7m | −£5.4m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £10.2m | £11.8m | £12m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £529k | £290k | £504k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £536k | £302k | £512k |
| Profit after tax | £407k | £618k | £319k | £220k | £336k |
| Profit (best available) | £407k | £618k | £319k | £220k | £336k |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 | 113 | 129 | 146 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 2.1% | 1.3% | 1.9% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 67.7% | 67.5% | 68.9% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £133k | £136k | £119k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £2.8k | £1.7k | £2.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲16.1% | ▼0.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲51.8% | ▼48.4% | ▼31% | ▲52.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | — | ▲14.2% | ▲13.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £448k | £608k | — | — | — |
| Net assets | £1.7m | £2m | — | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £524k | £383k | — | — | — |
| Current assets | £3m | £3.7m | — | — | — |
| Debtors | £1.2m | £1.7m | — | — | — |
| Deferred income | £564k | £243k | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 68.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £119k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲13%
- Now 146
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (4)
- Brand Dialogue LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Brand Economics LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Brand Exchange LtdFigures not disclosed
- The Dialogue Agency LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2026 (profit £336k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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