Bradleys Estate Agents Ltd.
Registered name: BRADLEYS ESTATE AGENTS LTD.
Part of Bradleys Group (Holdings) Limited groupBradleys Estate Agents Ltd. made £12m revenue and £859k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Bradleys Estate Agents Ltd.’s revenue grew 13% to £12m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £859k profit and 197 employees. The company is classified under “real estate agencies” and is based in Devon; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Devon, South West
- Age
- 27 yrs · since 1998
- 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. From the filing: “Bradleys Estate Agents (1999) Limited, a company incorporated in England & Wales, is the immediate parent company.”
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&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £11.5m | £10.1m | £10.6m | £12m |
| Cost of sales | £4.9m | £4.8m | £5.2m | £5.6m |
| Gross profit | £6.5m | £5.3m | £5.5m | £6.4m |
| Operating profit | £1.3m | £25.9k | £171k | £944k |
| Profit before tax | £1.3m | £32.9k | £740k | £1.1m |
| Profit after tax | £1.1m | £24.4k | £690k | £859k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.1m | £24.4k | £690k | £859k |
| Staff costs | £6.2m | £5.8m | £6.2m | £7.2m |
| Employees (average) | 184 | 186 | 188 | 197 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 9.4% | 0.2% | 6.5% | 7.2% |
| Gross margin | 57.1% | 52.4% | 51.5% | 53.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £62.3k | £54.5k | £56.6k | £60.9k |
| Profit per employee | £5.9k | £131 | £3.7k | £4.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼11.4% | ▲4.9% | ▲12.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼97.7% | ▲2724% | ▲24.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.1% | ▲1.1% | ▲4.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £674k | £806k | £505k | £980k |
| Net assets | £3.2m | £2.9m | £3.1m | £3.8m |
| Fixed assets | £193k | £147k | £112k | £89.2k |
| Current assets | £4.6m | £4.6m | £4.7m | £5.6m |
| Debtors | £966k | £359k | £516k | £419k |
| Deferred income | £436k | £266k | £398k | £490k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 53.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £60.9k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3.5%
- 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
- ▲24%
- Now £3.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲94%
- Now £980k
- Headcount
- ▲5%
- Now 197
- Deferred income
- ▲23%
- Now £490k
- Fixed assets
- ▼20%
- Now £89.2k
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
- Bradleys Group (Holdings) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Bradleys Group Ltd.75–100%
- Bradleys Estate Agents (1999) Limited75–100%
- Bradleys Estate Agents Ltd.this company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Bradleys Financial Management LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Bradleys Surveyors LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (1)
- Bradleys Surveyors (Cornwall) 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 £859k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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