BROTHER U.K. LIMITED
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Cash
£30k
+42.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£23m
-18.4% vs 2024
Employees
127
-11.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2.7m
-28.4% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £44,587,000 | £41,259,000 | -7.5% | |
| Operating profit | £2,850,000 | £1,623,000 | -43.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £3,705,000 | £2,651,000 | -28.4% | |
| Net profit | £2,763,000 | £1,976,000 | -28.5% | |
| Cash | £21,000 | £30,000 | +42.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £29,828,000 | £24,522,000 | -17.8% | |
| Net assets | £28,608,000 | £23,347,000 | -18.4% | |
| Equity | £28,608,000 | £23,347,000 | -18.4% | |
| Average employees | 143 | 127 | -11.2% | |
| Wages | £6,497,000 | £6,118,000 | -5.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £250,000 | £249,000 | -0.4% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £0 | £0 | — | |
| Highest paid director | £250,000 | £249,000 | -0.4% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.4% | 3.9% | |
| Net margin | 6.2% | 4.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 9.6% | 6.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 18.7% | 18.7% | |
| Current ratio | 6.40x | 6.66x | |
| Interest cover | 67.86x | 38.64x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- BROTHER U.K. LIMITED 1995-12-29 → present
- JONES' SEWING MACHINE COMPANY,LIMITED 1889-07-05 → 1995-12-29
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making enquiries, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- BROTHER U.K. LIMITED · parent
- Brother Limited Liability Company 1.6%
Significant events
- “An annuity policy buy-in contract was signed on 21 March 2025.”
- “On 25 July 2024, in the case Virgin Media v NTL Pension Trustees II Limited (and others), the Court of Appeal upheld the High Court's 2023 decision which confirmed that certain rules of a contracted-out defined benefit scheme cannot be altered without the statutory actuarial confirmation having been obtained and that non-compliant alterations are void. The scheme sponsoring employers will continue to monitor further relevant court cases due to be heard in 2025, as well as updates from the Government as to whether it will issue new regulations in response to this issue.”
- “Subsequent to the financial year end, the Directors recommend the payment of a dividend of £1.690m.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 25 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MACLEAN, Stuart | Secretary | 2025-06-02 | — | — |
| JONES, Phillip Stuart | Director | 2004-02-17 | Oct 1968 | British |
| MARSHALL, Christopher Gary | Director | 2022-04-22 | May 1966 | British |
| OTA, Hisashi | Director | 2024-06-03 | Jul 1973 | Japanese |
Show 25 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROWN, Russell William | Secretary | 2011-03-18 | 2025-07-30 |
| SLATER, Brian Malcolm | Secretary | — | 2007-05-04 |
| WILLOTT, Stuart Keith | Secretary | 2007-05-04 | 2009-06-30 |
| CATTINI, James George Bartholomew | Director | — | 1994-10-01 |
| FURUKAWA, Yuji | Director | 2003-03-21 | 2007-04-27 |
| FUTO, Hisao | Director | 1995-12-14 | 2003-03-21 |
| GARNER, Derek | Director | 1997-06-01 | 2000-06-30 |
| HIRATA, Seiichi | Director | 1946-03-24 | 2000-03-31 |
| IDO, Toyomi | Director | 2000-04-01 | 2005-01-26 |
| ISHIGURO, Yuji | Director | 2007-04-27 | 2012-04-01 |
| IWAMOTO, Atsushi | Director | 2005-01-26 | 2008-04-29 |
| KAYABA, Shoichi | Director | 1995-07-01 | 2005-01-26 |
| KELLY, James Patrick | Director | 2001-01-08 | 2001-02-12 |
| METCALFE, Ian Desmond | Director | 2016-04-26 | 2022-04-22 |
| MIURA, Hiroshi | Director | 2007-01-01 | 2012-04-01 |
| NICHOLLS, Edward John | Director | — | 2001-01-31 |
| NOJI, Isao | Director | 2017-04-01 | 2024-06-03 |
| OTA, Katsuto | Director | 2008-04-29 | 2016-04-26 |
| SASAKI, Ichiro, Dr | Director | 2004-10-01 | 2007-12-31 |
| SLATER, Brian Malcolm | Director | — | 2007-05-04 |
| SUZUKI, Hiroshi | Director | 2000-12-04 | 2004-06-30 |
| SUZUKI, Hiroshi | Director | — | 1995-07-01 |
| TADA, Yuichi | Director | 2012-04-01 | 2017-04-01 |
| TAZAKI, Kazuaki | Director | — | 1999-06-30 |
| YASUI, Tomomasa | Director | — | 1995-12-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brother Industries Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 173 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-30 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-02 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-10-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-04-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-11-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-15 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-07-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-03-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months