Browns Commercial Holdings Limited
Registered name: BROWNS COMMERCIAL HOLDINGS LIMITED
Browns Commercial Holdings Limited made £340k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
Browns Commercial Holdings Limited reported £340k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025, down 65% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 139 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in Stoke-on-Trent; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Stoke-on-Trent, West Midlands
- Age
- 27 yrs · since 1999
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — | — |
| Cost of sales | £14.3m | £15.9m | £17.6m | £18.4m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £558k | £1.1m |
| Profit after tax | £1.1m | £695k | £965k | £340k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.1m | £695k | £965k | £340k |
| Staff costs | £4.3m | £5m | £5.4m | £5.7m |
| Employees (average) | 113 | 129 | 137 | 139 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £9.4k | £5.4k | £7k | £2.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Profit growth | — | ▼34.6% | ▲38.9% | ▼64.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲14.2% | ▲6.2% | ▲1.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £176 | £80 | £53 | £66 |
| Net assets | — | £5.1m | £5.7m | £6.4m |
| Fixed assets | £7.7m | £13.3m | £3m | £3m |
| Current assets | £1.7m | £2.1m | £2.7m | £2.7m |
| Debtors | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Deferred income | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Cash from operations | −£1.7m | −£2.8m | −£2.9m | −£2.9m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.4k
- 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
- ▲12%
- Now £6.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲25%
- Now £66
- Headcount
- ▲1%
- Now 139
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £0
- Fixed assets
- 0%
- Now £3m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (2)
- Browns Distribution Services LimitedRev. £23.5m · Profit £764k
- Ravensdale Property Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £340k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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