Burtons Direct Limited
Registered name: BURTONS DIRECT LIMITED
Part of Burtons of Maidstone Limited groupBurtons Direct Limited made £884k revenue and £25.2k profit in the year to 31 Oct 2024.
Burtons Direct Limited’s revenue grew 8% to £884k in the year to 31 Oct 2024, with £25.2k profit and 3 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other special-purpose machinery” 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) | — | — | £820k | £884k |
| Cost of sales | — | — | −£597k | −£618k |
| Gross profit | — | — | £223k | £266k |
| Operating profit | — | — | £9.2k | £31.1k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £9.1k | £31.1k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £7.3k | £25.2k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £7.3k | £25.2k |
| Employees (average) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 0.9% | 2.9% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 27.2% | 30.1% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £273k | £295k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £2.4k | £8.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲7.9% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲243.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £37.2k | £86k | £58.7k | — |
| Net assets | −£57.7k | −£21.1k | −£13.7k | — |
| Fixed assets | £18.7k | £12.8k | £1.7k | — |
| Current assets | £197k | £362k | £314k | — |
| Debtors | £28.8k | £32.6k | £16.2k | — |
| 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
- 2.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 30.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £295k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £8.4k
- 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
- 0%
- Now 3
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Burtons of Maidstone Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Burtons Direct 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 Manufacturing Company LimitedRev. £5.1m · Profit −£49k
- Burtons Vehicle Systems LimitedRev. £1.1m · Profit −£22.6k
- 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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- Profit
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- Staff
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- Profit
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Oct 2024 (profit £25.2k), 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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