W.p.bruce Limited
Registered name: W.P.BRUCE LIMITED
W.p.bruce Limited made £23.3m revenue and £5.6m profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025. read from filing text
W.p.bruce Limited’s revenue grew 18% to £23.3m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £5.6m profit and 63 employees. The company is classified under “growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds” and is based in Perthshire; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Perthshire, Scotland
- Age
- 65 yrs · since 1961
- 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 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 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) | £14.5m | £15.9m | £19.8m | £23.3m |
| Operating profit | £3.2m | £2.1m | £5.1m | £6.1m |
| Profit before tax | £3.8m | £2.3m | £6.1m | £7.2m |
| Profit after tax | £3m | £2m | £4.9m | £5.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £3m | £2m | £4.9m | £5.6m |
| Employees (average) | 54 | 54 | 57 | 63 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 21% | 12.3% | 24.7% | 24.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £269k | £294k | £347k | £369k |
| Profit per employee | £56.4k | £36.3k | £85.6k | £89.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲9.4% | ▲24.6% | ▲17.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼35.6% | ▲148.7% | ▲15.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲5.6% | ▲10.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £4.9m | £5m | £9.3m | £9.3m |
| Net assets | £19.1m | £19.8m | £23.1m | £25m |
| Fixed assets | £12.9m | £13m | £13.6m | £14.1m |
| Current assets | £14.6m | £14.6m | £17.5m | £19.5m |
| Debtors | £4.5m | £4.7m | £4.6m | £5.3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 24.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £369k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £89.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 60.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 22.6%
- 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
- ▲8%
- Now £25m
- Cash at bank
- ▼0%
- Now £9.3m
- Headcount
- ▲11%
- Now 63
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲4%
- Now £14.1m
Group structure
Subsidiaries (2)
- W P Bruce (Fens) LtdFigures not disclosed
- W P Bruce (Peas) 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 Jun 2025 (profit £5.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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