Browns Family Jewellers Limited
Registered name: BROWNS FAMILY JEWELLERS LIMITED
Browns Family Jewellers Limited made £8.6m revenue and £890k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Browns Family Jewellers Limited’s revenue grew 19% to £8.6m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £890k profit and 69 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale of watches and jewellery in specialised stores” and is based in Barnsley; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Barnsley, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 20 yrs · since 2006
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £6.9m | £7.4m | £7.2m | £8.6m |
| Cost of sales | £4m | £4m | £4m | £4.6m |
| Gross profit | £2.9m | £3.4m | £3.2m | £4m |
| Operating profit | £1m | £1.1m | £656k | £1.2m |
| Profit before tax | £1m | £1.1m | £638k | £1.2m |
| Profit after tax | £900k | £971k | £478k | £890k |
| Profit (best available) | £900k | £971k | £478k | £890k |
| Staff costs | £1.3m | £1.5m | £1.6m | £1.8m |
| Employees (average) | 58 | 60 | 61 | 69 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 13% | 13.1% | 6.7% | 10.4% |
| Gross margin | 42.1% | 46.4% | 45% | 46.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £120k | £123k | £118k | £124k |
| Profit per employee | £15.5k | £16.2k | £7.8k | £12.9k |
| Cash conversion | 44.6% | −25.6% | −94.4% | −84.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲6.6% | ▼2.8% | ▲19.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲8% | ▼50.7% | ▲86.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲3.5% | ▲1.7% | ▲13.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £697k | £681k | £769k | £812k |
| Net assets | £3.3m | £4.3m | £4.8m | £5.7m |
| Fixed assets | £111k | £75.5k | £71.9k | £64.7k |
| Current assets | £6.7m | £7.6m | £7.7m | £8.1m |
| Debtors | £117k | £126k | £121k | £139k |
| Deferred income | £23.1k | £30.7k | £23.1k | £35.2k |
| Cash from operations | £458k | −£287k | −£619k | −£988k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 10.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 46.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £124k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £12.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −84.5%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.6%
- 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
- ▲19%
- Now £5.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲6%
- Now £812k
- Headcount
- ▲13%
- Now 69
- Deferred income
- ▲52%
- Now £35.2k
- Fixed assets
- ▼10%
- Now £64.7k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £890k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 17 Oct 2026
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