Procter Brothers Ltd
Registered name: PROCTER BROTHERS LTD
Procter Brothers Ltd made £10.7m revenue and £162k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025. read from filing text
Procter Brothers Ltd’s revenue fell 13% to £10.7m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £162k profit and 92 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other fabricated metal products” and is based in Caerphilly; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Caerphilly, Wales
- 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 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £13.1m | £12.3m | £10.7m |
| Cost of sales | £8.7m | £8.3m | £6.8m |
| Gross profit | £4.4m | £4m | £3.9m |
| Operating profit | £548k | £406k | £308k |
| Profit before tax | £366k | £259k | £181k |
| Profit after tax | £394k | £251k | £162k |
| Profit (best available) | £394k | £251k | £162k |
| Staff costs | £4m | £4m | £3.9m |
| Employees (average) | 100 | 98 | 92 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 3% | 2% | 1.5% |
| Gross margin | 33.8% | 32.5% | 36.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £131k | £125k | £116k |
| Profit per employee | £3.9k | £2.6k | £1.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼6% | ▼13% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼36.2% | ▼35.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼2% | ▼6.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £393k | £338k | £290k |
| Net assets | £1.2m | £1.5m | £1.6m |
| Fixed assets | £1.4m | £1.5m | £1.4m |
| Debtors | £3.1m | £2.9m | £2.1m |
| Deferred income | £138k | £72.7k | £84.2k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 36.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £116k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 13.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 19.5%
- 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
- ▲10%
- Now £1.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼14%
- Now £290k
- Headcount
- ▼6%
- Now 92
- Deferred income
- ▲16%
- Now £84.2k
- Fixed assets
- ▼2%
- Now £1.4m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £162k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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