Bristow & Sutor (Services) Limited
Registered name: BRISTOW & SUTOR (SERVICES) LIMITED
Part of Sovereign Capital Partners LLP groupBristow & Sutor (Services) Limited made £18.6m revenue and £3.7m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2024.
Bristow & Sutor (Services) Limited’s revenue grew 15% to £18.6m in the year to 31 Mar 2024, with £3.7m profit and 338 employees. The company is classified under “activities of collection agencies” and is based in Redditch; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Redditch
- Age
- 9 yrs · since 2017
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £12m | £16.1m | £18.6m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | −£14.9m |
| Operating profit | £424k | £2m | £3.7m |
| Profit before tax | £424k | £2m | £3.7m |
| Profit after tax | £428k | £2m | £3.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £428k | £2m | £3.7m |
| Employees (average) | 349 | 346 | 338 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 3.6% | 12.5% | 20.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £34.4k | £46.6k | £55k |
| Profit per employee | £1.2k | £5.8k | £11.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲34.3% | ▲15.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲370.4% | ▲85.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼0.9% | ▼2.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 20.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £55k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £11.1k
- 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
- ▼2%
- Now 338
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Sovereign Capital Partners LLPultimate parent75–100%
- BB Shelf 4 LLP75–100%
- Bristow & Sutor (Services) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (14)
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- Eden Futures Topco LimitedRev. £60.1m · Profit −£74k
- Bioscript Holdings LimitedRev. £30.7m · Profit −£11m
- Acolin Group Topco LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ash Moss LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Bristow & SutorFigures not disclosed
- Bristow & Sutor Management Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Credit Style Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- DR Plus LimitedFigures not disclosed
- DRP (Services) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Eremurus Properties LimitedRev. — · Profit −£815k
- Laken Properties LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Summit Trust Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Wilks Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
Minority corporate shareholders
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2024 (profit £3.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 19 Oct 2026
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