Brompton Technology Limited
Registered name: BROMPTON TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
Part of Brompton Technology Holdings Limited groupBrompton Technology Limited made £25.4m revenue and a £1.8m loss in the year to 31 Aug 2024. read from filing text
Brompton Technology Limited’s revenue fell 27% to £25.4m in the year to 31 Aug 2024, with a loss of £1.8m and 75 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other special-purpose machinery” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 15 yrs · since 2011
- 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 ultimate parent company and ultimate controlling party is Brompton Technology Holdings Limited, a company registered in England and Wales.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £16.8m | £34.6m | £25.4m |
| Cost of sales | £11.5m | £23.8m | £17m |
| Gross profit | £5.3m | £10.8m | £8.3m |
| Operating profit | −£279k | £1.6m | −£2.3m |
| Profit before tax | −£284k | £1.6m | −£2.3m |
| Profit after tax | £223k | £1.7m | −£1.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £223k | £1.7m | −£1.8m |
| Staff costs | £2.5m | £3.5m | £4.9m |
| Employees (average) | 39 | 52 | 75 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 1.3% | 4.9% | −7.3% |
| Gross margin | 31.7% | 31.3% | 32.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £431k | £666k | £338k |
| Profit per employee | £5.7k | £32.8k | −£24.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲105.9% | ▼26.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲663.1% | ▼208.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲33.3% | ▲44.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £4m | £1.2m | £2m |
| Net assets | −£256k | £1.5m | −£305k |
| Fixed assets | £1m | £2.6m | £4.6m |
| Current assets | £6.9m | £8.5m | £7.7m |
| Debtors | £1.4m | £2.6m | £1.8m |
| Deferred income | £201k | £174k | £27.3k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −7.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 32.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £338k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£24.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 18.2%
- 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%
- 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
- ▼120%
- Now −£305k
- Cash at bank
- ▲64%
- Now £2m
- Headcount
- ▲44%
- Now 75
- Deferred income
- ▼84%
- Now £27.3k
- Fixed assets
- ▲75%
- Now £4.6m
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
- Brompton Technology Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Brompton Technology Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Aug 2024 (profit −£1.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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