Braidwood (Metals) Limited
Registered name: BRAIDWOOD (METALS) LIMITED
Braidwood (Metals) Limited made £12.3m revenue and £599k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2024. read from filing text
Braidwood (Metals) Limited’s revenue fell 9% to £12.3m in the year to 30 Sep 2024, with £599k profit and 12 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Falkirk; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Falkirk, Scotland
- Age
- 22 yrs · since 2003
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £14.9m | £13.5m | £12.3m |
| Cost of sales | £12.1m | £10.7m | £10.8m |
| Gross profit | £2.9m | £2.8m | £1.6m |
| Operating profit | £1.6m | £1.7m | £528k |
| Profit before tax | £1.6m | £1.7m | £905k |
| Profit after tax | £1.2m | £1.2m | £599k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.2m | £1.2m | £599k |
| Employees (average) | 11 | 11 | 12 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 8.1% | 9.2% | 4.9% |
| Gross margin | 19.2% | 20.5% | 12.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.4m | £1.2m | £1m |
| Profit per employee | £109k | £112k | £49.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼9.7% | ▼8.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲2.6% | ▼51.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲9.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | £4m | £4m | £4m |
| Fixed assets | £4m | £4m | £4m |
| Deferred income | £1.1k | £1.1k | £1.1k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 12.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £49.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 32.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- 0%
- Now £4m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲9%
- Now 12
- Deferred income
- 0%
- Now £1.1k
- Fixed assets
- 0%
- Now £4m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Angus Braidwood & Son LimitedRev. £12.3m · Profit £872k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2024 (profit £599k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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