BROTHER INDUSTRIES (U.K.) LTD.
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Cash
£298K
EUR 347,982
+29.4% vs 2025
Net assets
£28M
EUR 32,355,510
+1.2% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
179
-10.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£991K
EUR 1,155,715
-19.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £46,794,064 | £45,583,126 | £39,164,336 | -14.1% | |
| Operating profit | £1,401,172 | £856,303 | £766,957 | -10.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,748,369 | £1,225,673 | £990,754 | -19.2% | |
| Net profit | £1,185,859 | £917,845 | £740,444 | -19.3% | |
| Cash | £354,876 | £230,554 | £298,313 | +29.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £27,104,509 | £28,453,528 | £28,923,902 | +1.7% | |
| Net assets | £26,498,231 | £27,416,075 | £27,737,257 | +1.2% | |
| Equity | £26,498,231 | £27,416,075 | £27,737,257 | +1.2% | |
| Average employees | 184 | 201 | 179 | -10.9% | |
| Wages | £4,023,885 | £4,650,794 | £4,659,395 | +0.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £240,659 | £257,158 | £239,039 | -7% |
Figures converted to GBP from EUR at 0.857 per EUR (Frankfurter spot rate) — hover any figure for the original. — 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 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.0% | 1.9% | 2.0% | |
| Net margin | 2.5% | 2.0% | 1.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 5.2% | 3.0% | 2.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 18.5% | 19.9% | 17.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | 4.17x | 4.87x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 91.69x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have a reasonable expectation that the company and the group have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least 12 months from the date of signing these financial statements. Thus, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Group structure
- BROTHER INDUSTRIES (U.K.) LTD. · parent
- Brother Industries (Slovakia) s.r.o. 100%
Significant events
- “Significant events in the year include the implementation of a new Ink production section, planned additional investment in automation equipment, and the company maintaining its Investors in People (IIP) silver accreditation following an audit in December 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 23 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DUTTON, Andrew James | Director | 2019-04-26 | Jun 1968 | British |
| HAGA, Akihiko | Director | 2026-04-01 | Dec 1976 | Japanese |
| MCCUBBIN, Robert Craig | Director | 2006-06-13 | Jan 1968 | British |
Show 23 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LLOYD RICHARDS, Loraine Helga | Secretary | 2006-06-13 | 2017-06-27 |
| PIPKIN, Francis Dominic | Secretary | 1994-04-28 | 2006-08-31 |
| UEHARA, Norio | Secretary | — | 1994-04-28 |
| ASAKURA, Hideo | Director | — | 1995-10-04 |
| FURUKAWA, Yuji | Director | 2003-02-28 | 2007-07-04 |
| HIRATA, Seiichi | Director | 1995-04-01 | 2000-04-01 |
| IDO, Toyomi | Director | 2000-04-01 | 2003-02-28 |
| ISHIGURO, Yuji | Director | 2007-07-04 | 2009-06-01 |
| ISHIKAWA, Hiroshi | Director | 2006-06-13 | 2011-05-23 |
| IWAI, Motohiko | Director | 2010-05-24 | 2011-05-23 |
| KAGEYAMA, Hideo | Director | — | 1995-04-01 |
| KILLEAVY, Brendan James Jeffrey | Director | 1996-04-01 | 2004-02-26 |
| MACK, Philip Charles | Director | 2012-05-29 | 2018-06-19 |
| MIWA, Yuji | Director | 2011-05-25 | 2016-04-01 |
| MURAKAMI, Taizo | Director | 2016-04-01 | 2026-03-31 |
| NOMURA, Kaoru | Director | 1995-04-01 | 2006-06-13 |
| PIPKIN, Francis Dominic | Director | — | 2006-08-31 |
| SUGIURA, Kenzou | Director | 1997-09-01 | 1999-04-01 |
| TAZAKI, Kazuaki | Director | — | 1995-04-01 |
| TORII, Hiroshi | Director | 1999-04-01 | 2004-09-21 |
| TOYAMA, Katsuhisa | Director | 1995-04-01 | 1997-08-29 |
| UEHARA, Norio | Director | — | 1994-04-30 |
| YAMADA, Fumihiro | Director | 2004-09-21 | 2010-05-27 |
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 147 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-02-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-11-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-01-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-05-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2019-05-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-01-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-06-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.