Scott Bros. Limited
Registered name: SCOTT BROS. LIMITED
Part of Scott Bros. Holdings Limited groupScott Bros. Limited made £9.7m revenue and £587k profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Scott Bros. Limited’s revenue grew 5% to £9.7m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £587k profit and 74 employees. The company is classified under “collection of non-hazardous waste” and is based in Billingham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Billingham, North East
- Age
- 19 yrs · since 2007
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £8.2m | £10.2m | £9.2m | £9.7m |
| Cost of sales | £5.9m | £7.4m | £6.6m | £6.5m |
| Gross profit | £2.4m | £2.9m | £2.7m | £3.3m |
| Operating profit | £324k | £415k | £464k | £1.1m |
| Profit before tax | £263k | £209k | £217k | £983k |
| Profit after tax | £422k | £262k | −£249k | £587k |
| Profit (best available) | £422k | £262k | −£249k | £587k |
| Staff costs | £3.1m | £3.6m | £3.3m | £3.2m |
| Employees (average) | 77 | 76 | 78 | 74 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5.1% | 2.6% | −2.7% | 6% |
| Gross margin | 28.8% | 27.9% | 28.9% | 33.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £107k | £135k | £118k | £131k |
| Profit per employee | £5.5k | £3.4k | −£3.2k | £7.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲24.7% | ▼10% | ▲5.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼38% | ▼195.1% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼1.3% | ▲2.6% | ▼5.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £321k | £227k | £74k | £23.2k |
| Net assets | £2.3m | £2.6m | £2.3m | £2.9m |
| Fixed assets | £8.1m | £9.1m | £8.6m | £8.1m |
| Current assets | £6.4m | £5.7m | £6m | £6.8m |
| Debtors | £1.8m | £2m | £1.8m | £1.8m |
| Deferred income | £521k | £972k | £675k | £668k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 33.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £131k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 83.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 6.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 18.1%
- 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 £2.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▼69%
- Now £23.2k
- Headcount
- ▼5%
- Now 74
- Deferred income
- ▼1%
- Now £668k
- Fixed assets
- ▼6%
- Now £8.1m
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
- Scott Bros. Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Scott Bros. Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (5)
- Ingleby Bloodstock LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Scott Bros Refinishing LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
- Scott Bros. Enterprises LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Scott Bros. Environmental Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Scott Bros. Recycling LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit £587k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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