BROWN MCFARLANE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-14 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-30
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£11M
+38.3% highest in 4 filed years
Net assets
£24M
+6.3% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
92
+1.1% highest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
£2M
-44.9% lowest in 4 filed years
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £38,777,000 | £33,245,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £3,147,000 | £1,458,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £5,366,000 | £7,812,000 | £3,193,000 | £1,758,000 | |
| Net profit | £4,376,000 | £6,250,000 | £2,369,000 | £1,390,000 | |
| Cash | £1,013,000 | £4,397,000 | £8,054,000 | £11,139,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £14,411,000 | £20,449,000 | £22,522,000 | £23,732,000 | |
| Net assets | £13,513,000 | £19,763,000 | £22,132,000 | £23,522,000 | |
| Equity | £13,513,000 | £19,763,000 | £22,132,000 | £23,522,000 | |
| Average employees | 89 | 87 | 91 | 92 | |
| Wages | £3,723,000 | £4,019,000 | £4,120,000 | £4,251,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £527,000 | £842,000 | £648,000 | £836,000 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
-14.3%
£38,777,000 £33,245,000
-
Cash
+38.3%
£8,054,000 £11,139,000
highest in 4 filed years
-
Net assets
+6.3%
£22,132,000 £23,522,000
highest in 4 filed years
-
Employees
+1.1%
91 92
highest in 4 filed years
-
Operating profit
-53.7%
£3,147,000 £1,458,000
-
Profit before tax
-44.9%
£3,193,000 £1,758,000
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Wages
+3.2%
£4,120,000 £4,251,000
highest in 4 filed years
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 8.1% | 4.4% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 6.1% | 4.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 14.0% | 6.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 3.83x | 4.63x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 20.04x | 21.44x |
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
- BROWN MCFARLANE LIMITED 1990-01-29 → present
- M M & S (2023) LIMITED 1989-11-02 → 1990-01-29
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Azets Audit Services
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Given the company's considerable financial resources, combined with a solid and wide customer base and sound strategic planning, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements which assume that the company will continue in operation for the foreseeable future.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 17 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BROWN, Peter Kenneth | Secretary | 2013-08-01 | — | — |
| BROWN, Peter Kenneth | Director | 2013-05-31 | Jan 1972 | British |
| BROWN, Richard Thomas | Director | 2006-08-29 | Feb 1969 | British |
| O'REILLY, Anthony Michael | Director | 2016-08-15 | Mar 1966 | British |
Show 17 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| EATON, Susan Elizabeth | Secretary | 2006-08-29 | 2013-05-31 |
| HEY, Robert Derek | Secretary | 2013-05-31 | 2013-08-01 |
| HIGGINS, David | Secretary | 2002-06-30 | 2006-07-21 |
| SHAW, David Stewart | Secretary | 1990-02-26 | 2002-06-30 |
| BRIERLEY, John | Director | 1996-04-01 | 2010-03-31 |
| BROWN, Kenneth Edward Lindsay | Director | 1990-02-26 | 2015-09-30 |
| CRAWFORD, Robert | Director | 1992-01-01 | 2000-02-15 |
| EATON, Susan Elizabeth | Director | 2003-09-01 | 2013-05-31 |
| HIGGINS, David | Director | 2000-01-12 | 2006-07-21 |
| KEIZER, Alan | Director | 2006-08-29 | 2015-03-31 |
| MALEY, Martin David | Director | 2014-09-08 | 2018-11-30 |
| MILLAR, Sydney Alexander | Director | 1990-02-26 | 1993-07-12 |
| MORSE, Barry Leslie | Director | 2004-04-08 | 2013-07-31 |
| RIDDELL, John George | Director | 2008-09-01 | 2014-09-16 |
| SHAW, David Stewart | Director | 1990-02-26 | 2002-06-30 |
| STEELE, Thomas Richard Wilson | Director | 1990-02-26 | 2000-10-06 |
| WEBSTER, Andrew | Director | 2007-08-01 | 2013-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A.R. Brown Mcfarlane & Company Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 130 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-10-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-10-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-10-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-12-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-11-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2018-10-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-07-25 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2017-10-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2017-07-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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.