G.S. Brown Construction Limited
Registered name: G.S. BROWN CONSTRUCTION LIMITED
G.S. Brown Construction Limited made £12.9m revenue and £896k profit in the year to 28 Feb 2025. read from filing text
G.S. Brown Construction Limited’s revenue grew 14% to £12.9m in the year to 28 Feb 2025, with £896k profit and 46 employees. The company is classified under “construction of domestic buildings” and is based in Perthshire; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Perthshire, Scotland
- Age
- 56 yrs · since 1970
- 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 | 29 Feb 2024 | 28 Feb 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) | £11.6m | £9.2m | £11.3m | £12.9m |
| Cost of sales | £9.6m | £6.9m | £9.9m | £10.4m |
| Gross profit | £2m | £2.3m | £1.4m | £2.4m |
| Operating profit | £476k | £280k | £51.5k | £697k |
| Profit before tax | £515k | £379k | £225k | £1.1m |
| Profit after tax | £432k | £257k | £190k | £896k |
| Profit (best available) | £432k | £257k | £190k | £896k |
| Staff costs | £2.3m | £2.3m | £2.2m | £2.5m |
| Employees (average) | 49 | 51 | 47 | 46 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.7% | 2.8% | 1.7% | 7% |
| Gross margin | 17.3% | 24.9% | 12.1% | 19% |
| Revenue per employee | £236k | £181k | £239k | £280k |
| Profit per employee | £8.8k | £5k | £4k | £19.5k |
| Cash conversion | 398.7% | 1361% | −1788% | 105.2% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼20.1% | ▲21.7% | ▲14.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼40.5% | ▼26.3% | ▲372.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4.1% | ▼7.8% | ▼2.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £8m | £4m | £5.2m | £4.7m |
| Net assets | £31.2m | £31.5m | £31.6m | £32.5m |
| Fixed assets | £3.1m | £3.2m | £3.2m | £3.3m |
| Current assets | £51.8m | £49.9m | £50.2m | £50.5m |
| Debtors | £979k | £540k | £255k | £34.5k |
| Deferred income | £99.5k | £107k | £56k | £56.5k |
| Cash from operations | £1.9m | £3.8m | −£921k | £733k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 19%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £280k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £19.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 105.2%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 25.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.3%
- 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
- ▲3%
- Now £32.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼10%
- Now £4.7m
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 46
- Deferred income
- ▲1%
- Now £56.5k
- Fixed assets
- ▲4%
- Now £3.3m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 28 Feb 2025 (profit £896k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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