Bradfords Building Supplies Limited
Registered name: BRADFORDS BUILDING SUPPLIES LIMITED
Part of Bradford and Sons Limited groupBradfords Building Supplies Limited made £226m revenue and £5m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Bradfords Building Supplies Limited’s revenue grew 3% to £226m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £5m profit and 880 employees. The company is classified under “agents involved in the sale of timber and building materials” and is based in Yeovil; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Yeovil
- Age
- 93 yrs · since 1933
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £222m | £219m | £226m |
| Cost of sales | −£152m | −£150m | −£154m |
| Gross profit | £69.9m | £69.6m | £72.2m |
| Operating profit | £8.3m | £7.1m | £6.3m |
| Profit before tax | £8.1m | £6.9m | £6.2m |
| Profit after tax | £6.5m | £6.3m | £5m |
| Profit (best available) | £6.5m | £6.3m | £5m |
| Employees (average) | 888 | 857 | 880 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 2.9% | 2.9% | 2.2% |
| Gross margin | 31.4% | 31.7% | 31.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £250k | £256k | £257k |
| Profit per employee | £7.3k | £7.3k | £5.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼1.2% | ▲2.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼3.4% | ▼20.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼3.5% | ▲2.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 31.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £257k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 880
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Bradford and Sons Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Bradfords Building Supplies Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (4)
- Bradfords Coal LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Bradfords Timber Supplies LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The Bradfords Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Yeovil Plumbing Supplies LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 22 Oct 2026
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