Sweetnam & Bradley Limited
Registered name: SWEETNAM & BRADLEY LIMITED
Part of Capital27 Limited groupSweetnam & Bradley Limited made £3.6m revenue and £222k profit in the year to 31 Oct 2025.
Sweetnam & Bradley Limited’s revenue grew 12% to £3.6m in the year to 31 Oct 2025, with £222k profit and 42 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other fabricated metal products” and is based in Malmesbury; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Malmesbury, South West
- Age
- 18 yrs · since 2008
- 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 | 31 Oct 2022 | 31 Oct 2023 | 31 Oct 2024 | 31 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £3.7m | £3.7m | £3.2m | £3.6m |
| Cost of sales | £1.9m | £2m | £1.7m | £2.3m |
| Gross profit | £1.8m | £1.7m | £1.5m | £1.3m |
| Operating profit | £1m | £862k | £717k | £246k |
| Profit before tax | — | £878k | £780k | £297k |
| Profit after tax | £829k | £675k | £586k | £222k |
| Profit (best available) | £829k | £675k | £586k | £222k |
| Staff costs | £1.3m | £1.4m | £1.3m | £1.5m |
| Employees (average) | 41 | 40 | 39 | 42 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 22.2% | 18.2% | 18.3% | 6.2% |
| Gross margin | 48.5% | 45% | 48.2% | 35.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £91.1k | £93k | £81.9k | £84.9k |
| Profit per employee | £20.2k | £16.9k | £15k | £5.3k |
| Cash conversion | −85.3% | −141.9% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼0.4% | ▼14.1% | ▲11.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼18.5% | ▼13.3% | ▼62% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼2.4% | ▼2.5% | ▲7.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.5m | £1.3m | £1.8m | £1.3m |
| Net assets | £2.2m | £1.9m | £2.5m | £1.7m |
| Fixed assets | — | £983k | £984k | £818k |
| Current assets | £2.3m | £2m | £2.5m | £2.1m |
| Debtors | £499k | £403k | £431k | £467k |
| Deferred income | £85.1k | £72.8k | £59.3k | £58.1k |
| Cash from operations | −£868k | −£1.2m | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 35.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £84.9k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 22.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.1%
- 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
- ▼31%
- Now £1.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼27%
- Now £1.3m
- Headcount
- ▲8%
- Now 42
- Deferred income
- ▼2%
- Now £58.1k
- Fixed assets
- ▼17%
- Now £818k
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
- Capital27 Limitedultimate parent50–75%
- Engineering Acquisitions Limited75–100%
- Sweetnam & Bradley Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Megasteel LtdRev. £11.4m · Profit £728k
- Megasteel Ropes LimitedRev. £1m · Profit £39.2k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Oct 2025 (profit £222k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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