C Brown Services Limited
Registered name: C BROWN SERVICES LIMITED
C Brown Services Limited made £42.6m revenue and a £1m loss in the year to 31 May 2024.
C Brown Services Limited’s revenue fell 26% to £42.6m in the year to 31 May 2024, with a loss of £1m. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in Birmingham; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Liquidation
- Location
- Birmingham
- Age
- 21 yrs · since 2005
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 May 2022 | 31 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £90.9m | £57.3m | £42.6m |
| Cost of sales | −£70.7m | −£52.1m | −£39.3m |
| Gross profit | £20.2m | £5.2m | £3.3m |
| Operating profit | £13.4m | £172k | −£1.5m |
| Profit before tax | £13.2m | £146k | −£1.3m |
| Profit after tax | £10.5m | £114k | −£1m |
| Profit (best available) | £10.5m | £114k | −£1m |
| Employees (average) | — | — | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 11.6% | 0.2% | −2.4% |
| Gross margin | 22.2% | 9% | 7.7% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼37% | ▼25.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼98.9% | ▼981.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −2.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 7.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
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- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
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- 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
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- C. Brown & Sons (Steel) LimitedIn AdministrationRev. £42.6m · Profit −£1.1m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 May 2024 (profit −£1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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