Brightwells Holdings Limited
Registered name: BRIGHTWELLS HOLDINGS LIMITED
Part of Brightwells Employee Ownership Trustee Limited groupBrightwells Holdings Limited made £12.6m revenue and a £127k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Brightwells Holdings Limited’s revenue grew 8% to £12.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £127k and 78 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Herefordshire; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Herefordshire, West Midlands
- Age
- 4 yrs · since 2021
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £738k | £10.4m | £11.7m | £12.6m |
| Cost of sales | £553k | £6.9m | £5.9m | £6.2m |
| Gross profit | £185k | £3.5m | £5.8m | £6.4m |
| Operating profit | −£283k | −£828k | £936k | £520k |
| Profit before tax | −£274k | −£663k | £1.1m | £394k |
| Profit after tax | −£274k | −£896k | £528k | −£127k |
| Profit (best available) | −£274k | −£896k | £528k | −£127k |
| Employees (average) | 65 | 64 | 80 | 78 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −37.2% | −8.6% | 4.5% | −1% |
| Gross margin | 25.1% | 33.8% | 49.7% | 50.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £11.3k | £162k | £146k | £162k |
| Profit per employee | −£4.2k | −£14k | £6.6k | −£1.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲1305% | ▲12.8% | ▲8% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼124.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼1.5% | ▲25% | ▼2.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | — | — | £12.5k | £15.5k |
| Net assets | £18.1m | £18.1m | £18.1m | £10m |
| Fixed assets | £18.1m | £18.1m | £18.1m | £18.1m |
| Deferred income | £0 | £0 | £0 | £36k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 50.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £162k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£1.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 143.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.3%
- 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
- ▼45%
- Now £10m
- Cash at bank
- ▲24%
- Now £15.5k
- Headcount
- ▼3%
- Now 78
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £36k
- Fixed assets
- 0%
- Now £18.1m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Brightwells Employee Ownership Trustee Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Brightwells Holdings Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Brightwells LimitedRev. £12.6m · Profit £2m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£127k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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