Burtons Manufacturing Company Limited
Registered name: BURTONS MANUFACTURING COMPANY LIMITED
Part of Burtons of Maidstone Limited groupBurtons Manufacturing Company Limited made £5.1m revenue and a £49k loss in the year to 31 Oct 2024.
Burtons Manufacturing Company Limited’s revenue grew 1% to £5.1m in the year to 31 Oct 2024, with a loss of £49k and 48 employees. The company is classified under “other manufacturing” and is based in Tonbridge; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Tonbridge, South East
- Age
- 13 yrs · since 2013
- 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 2021 | 31 Oct 2022 | 31 Oct 2023 | 31 Oct 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £5m | £5.1m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | −£3.7m | −£3.7m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £1.3m | £1.4m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £92.8k | −£40.1k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £80.3k | −£60.3k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £2.3k | −£49k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £2.3k | −£49k |
| Employees (average) | 44 | 52 | 51 | 48 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 0.1% | −1% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 26.3% | 27.3% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £98k | £105k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £45 | −£1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲1.2% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼2258% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲18.2% | ▼1.9% | ▼5.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £122 | £136k | £115 | — |
| Net assets | £278k | £467k | £469k | — |
| Fixed assets | £518k | £549k | £862k | — |
| Current assets | £1.3m | £1.5m | £1.4m | — |
| Debtors | £145k | £30.4k | £99.5k | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 27.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £105k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼6%
- Now 48
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Burtons of Maidstone Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Burtons Manufacturing Company Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (5)
- Burtons Medical Equipment LimitedRev. £19.5m · Profit £979k
- Burtons Vehicle Systems LimitedRev. £1.1m · Profit −£22.6k
- Burtons Direct LimitedRev. £884k · Profit £25.2k
- Burtons Grooming Direct LtdFigures not disclosed
- Vetronic Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Oct 2024 (profit −£49k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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