Rex Brown Limited
Registered name: REX BROWN LIMITED
Part of RB International Holdings Limited groupRex Brown Limited made £52.3m revenue and £2.5m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Rex Brown Limited’s revenue grew 16% to £52.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £2.5m profit and 120 employees. The company is classified under “other information technology service activities” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 20 yrs · since 2006
- 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 parent company is RB International Holdings Limited which prepares group financial statements. The company is incorporated in England and Wales. Copies of the group financial statements of RB Inte”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 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) | £26.2m | £34.9m | £45.3m | £52.3m |
| Cost of sales | £21.5m | £29.6m | £37.8m | £43m |
| Gross profit | £4.7m | £5.3m | £7.5m | £9.3m |
| Operating profit | £490k | £1.4m | £2.4m | £2.5m |
| Profit before tax | £481k | £1.4m | £1.2m | £3m |
| Profit after tax | £464k | £1.2m | £1.1m | £2.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £464k | £1.2m | £1.1m | £2.5m |
| Staff costs | £2m | £2.1m | £2.8m | £3.7m |
| Employees (average) | 52 | 53 | 67 | 120 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.8% | 3.5% | 2.5% | 4.7% |
| Gross margin | 17.9% | 15.3% | 16.6% | 17.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £504k | £658k | £676k | £436k |
| Profit per employee | £8.9k | £23.4k | £17.1k | £20.4k |
| Cash conversion | −464.5% | −74% | −102.8% | 168.2% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲33.3% | ▲29.7% | ▲15.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲167.3% | ▼7.7% | ▲114.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.9% | ▲26.4% | ▲79.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.3m | £2.8m | £3.5m | £1.8m |
| Net assets | £7.5m | £8.7m | £9.9m | £12.3m |
| Fixed assets | £1m | £889k | £996k | £849k |
| Current assets | £11.3m | £13.7m | £17.2m | £21m |
| Debtors | £2.3m | £2.3m | £3m | £3.8m |
| Deferred income | £22k | £16k | £24k | £24k |
| Cash from operations | −£2.3m | −£1m | −£2.4m | £4.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 17.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £436k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £20.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 168.2%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7.2%
- 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
- ▲25%
- Now £12.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼48%
- Now £1.8m
- Headcount
- ▲79%
- Now 120
- Deferred income
- 0%
- Now £24k
- Fixed assets
- ▼15%
- Now £849k
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
- RB International Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Rex Brown Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (18)
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- Granary Media Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Hanningfield Park Residents Management Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Home Leisure Direct Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Lawford Heath Industrial Estate LtdRev. — · Profit £170k
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- Playful Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Rbholdco1 LtdFigures not disclosed
- Rbholdco2 LtdFigures not disclosed
- Rex Studios LtdFigures not disclosed
- Roam Care Holdings LimitedRev. — · Profit −£664
- Spacio (London) LtdRev. — · Profit £254k
- Waverley Court Developments LimitedRev. — · Profit −£2.1k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £2.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 12 Oct 2026
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