Bruton Knowles Limited
Registered name: BRUTON KNOWLES LIMITED
Bruton Knowles Limited made £16.8m revenue and £2.3m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025. read from filing text
Bruton Knowles Limited’s revenue grew 19% to £16.8m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £2.3m profit and 162 employees. The company is classified under “other letting and operating of own or leased real estate” and is based in Gloucester; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Gloucester, South West
- 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 | 28 Feb 2022 | 28 Feb 2023 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £0 | £14.1m | £16.8m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £0 | £9.2m | £10.2m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £0 | £4.9m | £6.6m |
| Operating profit | — | — | −£813 | £1.8m | £3.1m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | −£813 | £1.8m | £3.2m |
| Profit after tax | — | — | −£813 | £1.2m | £2.3m |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | −£813 | £1.2m | £2.3m |
| Employees (average) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 156 | 162 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | 8.8% | 13.9% |
| Gross margin | — | — | — | 34.6% | 39.2% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £0 | £90.5k | £104k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | −£406 | £7.9k | £14.4k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | — | −88% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | — | ▲19.1% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | — | ▲88.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | — | — | ▲3.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | — | — | £1.6k | £762k | £830k |
| Net assets | £6 | −£510 | £8.7k | £967k | £2.4m |
| Fixed assets | — | — | £0 | £341k | £350k |
| Current assets | £6 | £1.8k | £11.6k | £5m | £5.7m |
| Debtors | — | — | £0 | £2.5m | £3m |
| Deferred income | — | — | £708 | £779k | £885k |
| Cash from operations | — | — | £10k | −£1.6m | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 13.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 39.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £104k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £14.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 5.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 18.1%
- 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
- ▲144%
- Now £2.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲9%
- Now £830k
- Headcount
- ▲4%
- Now 162
- Deferred income
- ▲14%
- Now £885k
- Fixed assets
- ▲3%
- Now £350k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Haarer Goss LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £2.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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