Brilliant Stages Limited
Registered name: BRILLIANT STAGES LIMITED
Part of Tait Group International Limited groupBrilliant Stages Limited made £42.8m revenue and £3m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Brilliant Stages Limited’s revenue grew 39% to £42.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £3m profit and 145 employees. The company is classified under “renting and leasing of media entertainment equipment” and is based in Pontefract; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Pontefract, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 16 yrs · since 2010
- 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 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £30.8m | £42.8m |
| Cost of sales | £22m | £36.8m |
| Gross profit | £8.8m | £6.1m |
| Operating profit | £5.2m | £3.5m |
| Profit before tax | £5.2m | £3.5m |
| Profit after tax | £4.1m | £3m |
| Profit (best available) | £4.1m | £3m |
| Staff costs | £8.8m | £8.4m |
| Employees (average) | 179 | 145 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 13.3% | 7% |
| Gross margin | 28.7% | 14.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £172k | £295k |
| Profit per employee | £22.8k | £20.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲39.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼27% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼19% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £4k | £19.4k |
| Net assets | £4.5m | £7.4m |
| Fixed assets | £5.1m | £5.2m |
| Current assets | £10.1m | £18m |
| Debtors | £1.5m | £4.4m |
| Deferred income | £2.6m | £2.3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 14.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £295k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £20.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 12.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 5.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10.2%
- 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
- ▲67%
- Now £7.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲379%
- Now £19.4k
- Headcount
- ▼19%
- Now 145
- Deferred income
- ▼14%
- Now £2.3m
- Fixed assets
- ▲3%
- Now £5.2m
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
- Tait Group International Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Tait International Ltd75–100%
- Brilliant Stages Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Tait Technologies UK LtdRev. £29.2m · Profit −£443k
- Kinesys Projects LimitedRev. £7.3m · Profit −£155k
- Tait Theatre Engineering LtdRev. £2.2m · Profit £529k
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 £3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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