James Brearley & Sons Limited
Registered name: JAMES BREARLEY & SONS LIMITED
James Brearley & Sons Limited made £7.7m revenue and £2.2m profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025. read from filing text
James Brearley & Sons Limited’s revenue fell 8% to £7.7m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £2.2m profit and 70 employees. The company is classified under “security and commodity contracts dealing activities” and is based in Blackpool; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Blackpool, North West
- 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
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £8m | £8.3m | £7.7m |
| Gross profit | £8m | £8.3m | £7.7m |
| Operating profit | £3.3m | £3.8m | £2.5m |
| Profit before tax | £3.4m | £4.3m | £3m |
| Profit after tax | £2.7m | £3.2m | £2.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.7m | £3.2m | £2.2m |
| Staff costs | £5m | £5m | £5.2m |
| Employees (average) | 62 | 66 | 70 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 33.4% | 38.7% | 28.9% |
| Gross margin | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Revenue per employee | £129k | £126k | £110k |
| Profit per employee | £43.2k | £48.9k | £31.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲4% | ▼7.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲20.6% | ▼31.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6.5% | ▲6.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £8m | £5.2m | £6m |
| Net assets | £11.1m | £12.3m | £12.8m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 28.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 100%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £110k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £31.8k
- 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
- ▲4%
- Now £12.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲16%
- Now £6m
- Headcount
- ▲6%
- Now 70
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (2)
- James Brearley Crest Nominees LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Walpole ST. Andrew Nominees 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 £2.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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