Brothers Foods Ltd
Registered name: BROTHERS FOODS LTD
Brothers Foods Ltd made £5.1m revenue and £243k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Brothers Foods Ltd’s revenue fell 7% to £5.1m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £243k profit and 17 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating” and is based in Luton; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Luton, East of England
- Age
- 6 yrs · since 2020
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £3.9m | £4.9m | £5.5m | £5.1m |
| Cost of sales | £3.1m | £4m | £4.5m | £4.4m |
| Gross profit | £720k | £835k | £1m | £745k |
| Operating profit | £349k | £333k | £383k | £324k |
| Profit before tax | £348k | £331k | £376k | £323k |
| Profit after tax | £281k | £270k | £276k | £243k |
| Profit (best available) | £281k | £270k | £276k | £243k |
| Employees (average) | 23 | 34 | 34 | 17 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 7.3% | 5.5% | 5% | 4.7% |
| Gross margin | 18.6% | 17.2% | 18.5% | 14.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £168k | £143k | £162k | £302k |
| Profit per employee | £12.2k | £7.9k | £8.1k | £14.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲25.8% | ▲13.5% | ▼6.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼4.2% | ▲2.3% | ▼12% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲47.8% | 0% | ▼50% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £399k | £501k | £345k | £548k |
| Net assets | £589k | £835k | £1.1m | £1.3m |
| Fixed assets | £303k | £378k | £817k | £692k |
| Current assets | £554k | £747k | £500k | £746k |
| Debtors | £19.2k | £50.7k | £25.4k | £4.8k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 14.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £302k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £14.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 13.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- 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
- ▲19%
- Now £1.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲59%
- Now £548k
- Headcount
- ▼50%
- Now 17
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼15%
- Now £692k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £243k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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