Bluefriars Brokers Limited
Registered name: BLUEFRIARS BROKERS LIMITED
Part of Bluefriars Group Limited groupBluefriars Brokers Limited made £2.8m revenue and £576k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
Bluefriars Brokers Limited’s revenue grew 45% to £2.8m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £576k profit and 5 employees. The company is classified under “financial intermediation not elsewhere classified” and is based in Buntingford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Buntingford, East of England
- Age
- 13 yrs · since 2013
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £1.9m | £2.8m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £1.4m | £1.6m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £549k | £1.2m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £161k | £652k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £169k | £658k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £169k | £576k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £169k | £576k |
| Employees (average) | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 8.9% | 20.8% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 28.8% | 42.1% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £381k | £553k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £33.8k | £115k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲45.1% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲241.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲66.7% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £107k | £283k | £110k | £396k |
| Net assets | £115k | £352k | £266k | £402k |
| Fixed assets | £482 | £251 | £7.4k | £9.1k |
| Current assets | £343k | £669k | £481k | £759k |
| Debtors | £237k | £386k | £51.4k | £71k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 20.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 42.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £553k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £115k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.6%
- 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
- ▲51%
- Now £402k
- Cash at bank
- ▲260%
- Now £396k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 5
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲23%
- Now £9.1k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Bluefriars Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Bluefriars Brokers Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Bluefriars Acquisition Services LimitedRev. £145k · Profit −£6.3k
- Bluefriars Training and Consultancy LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £576k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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