BROW HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Cash
£1.5M
-3.4% vs 2025
Net assets
£5.9M
+0.3% vs 2025
Employees
60
+1.7% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£99K
-49.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 | 2026-01-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £10,643,060 | £10,760,761 | £10,212,845 | -5.1% | |
| Operating profit | £408,327 | £193,608 | £100,013 | -48.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £406,047 | £194,760 | £98,578 | -49.4% | |
| Net profit | £366,322 | £217,870 | £74,353 | -65.9% | |
| Cash | £1,344,160 | £1,501,694 | £1,450,297 | -3.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,403,236 | £6,695,448 | £6,601,689 | -1.4% | |
| Net assets | £5,736,378 | £5,899,577 | £5,917,072 | +0.3% | |
| Equity | £5,736,378 | £5,899,577 | £5,917,072 | +0.3% | |
| Average employees | 58 | 59 | 60 | +1.7% | |
| Wages | £1,625,809 | £1,782,567 | £1,767,670 | -0.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £131,790 | £220,047 | £127,247 | -42.2% |
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 | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 | 2026-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.8% | 1.8% | 1.0% | |
| Net margin | 3.4% | 2.0% | 0.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 6.4% | 2.9% | 1.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 27.4% | 27.3% | |
| Current ratio | 3.27x | 3.44x | 3.22x | |
| Interest cover | 35.37x | 8.49x | 4.56x |
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
- BROW HOLDINGS LIMITED 2001-06-26 → present
- LARMORE INVESTMENTS LIMITED 2001-05-18 → 2001-06-26
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- ASM (M) Ltd
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Group's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from the date when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- BROW HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- John C. Brow, Limited 100%
- John C Brow (Ireland) Limited 100%
- Brow Pack Limited 100%
- Brow Packaging Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BROW, Jamie Walker | Secretary | 2001-05-18 | — | British |
| BROW, Jamie Walker | Director | 2001-06-21 | Apr 1968 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROW, Angus John | Director | 2001-06-21 | 2025-10-05 |
| BROW, Ian Alexander | Director | 2001-06-21 | 2016-12-31 |
| HARRISON, Malcolm Joseph | Director | 2001-05-18 | 2001-06-21 |
| KANE, Dorothy May | Director | 2001-05-18 | 2001-06-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Angus John Brow | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-09-01 | Ceased 2025-10-05 |
| Mr Jamie Walker Brow | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-09-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 79 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-05-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-20 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-08-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-08-25 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-07-21 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-05-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-06-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-05-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-05-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-05-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-05-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.