Taylor & Braithwaite Limited
Registered name: TAYLOR & BRAITHWAITE LIMITED
Part of Taylor & Braithwaite (Holdings) Limited groupTaylor & Braithwaite Limited made £13.5m revenue and £673k profit in the year to 30 Nov 2025. read from filing text
Taylor & Braithwaite Limited’s revenue fell 5% to £13.5m in the year to 30 Nov 2025, with £673k profit and 26 employees. The company is classified under “sale of other motor vehicles” and is based in Cumbria; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cumbria, North West
- Age
- 24 yrs · since 2002
- 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: “The ultimate holding company is Taylor & Braithwaite (Holdings) Limited, a company registered in England.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Nov 2022 | 30 Nov 2023 | 30 Nov 2024 | 30 Nov 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) | £30.8m | £16.5m | £14.2m | £13.5m |
| Cost of sales | £26.7m | £14.5m | £12.5m | £11.7m |
| Gross profit | £4.1m | £2m | £1.7m | £1.9m |
| Operating profit | £2.4m | £407k | £507k | £777k |
| Profit before tax | £2.3m | £384k | £578k | £888k |
| Profit after tax | £1.8m | £293k | £429k | £673k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.8m | £293k | £429k | £673k |
| Staff costs | £1.5m | £1.4m | £1.1m | £1.1m |
| Employees (average) | 29 | 30 | 27 | 26 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 6% | 1.8% | 3% | 5% |
| Gross margin | 13.4% | 11.9% | 12.1% | 13.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.1m | £550k | £525k | £520k |
| Profit per employee | £63.6k | £9.8k | £15.9k | £25.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼46.5% | ▼14.1% | ▼4.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼84.1% | ▲46.5% | ▲56.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲3.5% | ▼10% | ▼3.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £4.2m | £3.3m | £3.7m | £4.1m |
| Net assets | £6m | £5.7m | £5.5m | £6m |
| Fixed assets | £959k | £1.1m | £977k | £947k |
| Current assets | £9.9m | £8.6m | £7.1m | £7.7m |
| Debtors | £1.7m | £926k | £706k | £633k |
| Deferred income | £89.3k | £57.9k | £72.2k | £89.1k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 13.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £520k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £25.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 4.7%
- 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 £6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲12%
- Now £4.1m
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 26
- Deferred income
- ▲23%
- Now £89.1k
- Fixed assets
- ▼3%
- Now £947k
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
- Taylor & Braithwaite (Holdings) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Taylor & Braithwaite Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Nov 2025 (profit £673k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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