Briggs Marine Contractors Limited
Registered name: BRIGGS MARINE CONTRACTORS LIMITED
Part of Briggs Commercial Limited groupBriggs Marine Contractors Limited made £65.9m revenue and £553k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Briggs Marine Contractors Limited’s revenue fell 9% to £65.9m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £553k profit and 629 employees. The company is classified under “other manufacturing” and is based in Burntisland; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Burntisland, Scotland
- Age
- 37 yrs · since 1988
- Type
- Private Limited Company
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. From the filing: “Briggs Commercial Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £72.4m | £65.9m |
| Cost of sales | £62.5m | £57.6m |
| Gross profit | £9.9m | £8.3m |
| Profit before tax | £3.4m | £667k |
| Profit after tax | £2.6m | £553k |
| Profit (best available) | £2.6m | £553k |
| Staff costs | £27.4m | £25.6m |
| Employees (average) | 624 | 629 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 3.5% | 0.8% |
| Gross margin | 13.7% | 12.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £116k | £105k |
| Profit per employee | £4.1k | £879 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼8.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼78.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲0.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £2.4m | £907k |
| Net assets | £16.5m | £17m |
| Fixed assets | £2.8m | £3.2m |
| Current assets | £21.6m | £20.5m |
| Debtors | £8.5m | £7.8m |
| Cash from operations | −£6.6m | −£229k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 12.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £105k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £879
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11.9%
- 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 £17m
- Cash at bank
- ▼61%
- Now £907k
- Headcount
- ▲1%
- Now 629
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲12%
- Now £3.2m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Briggs Commercial Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Briggs Marine Contractors Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (4)
- Briggs Environmental Services LimitedRev. £4.3m · Profit £441k
- Arb Wind LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Briggs Marine Environmental Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Selkirk Hill Investments 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 31 Mar 2025 (profit £553k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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