Beaverbrooks the Jewellers Ltd
Registered name: BEAVERBROOKS THE JEWELLERS LTD
Beaverbrooks the Jewellers Ltd made £217m revenue and £3.6m profit in the year to 28 Feb 2026. read from filing text
Beaverbrooks the Jewellers Ltd’s revenue was £217m in the year to 28 Feb 2026, with £3.6m profit and 1,117 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale of watches and jewellery in specialised stores” and is based in ST Annes on Sea; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- ST Annes on Sea, North West
- Age
- 89 yrs · since 1936
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently. From the filing: “The”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 1 Mar 2025 | 28 Feb 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit & lossread from filing text | Profit & lossread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £217m | £217m |
| Cost of sales | £193m | £192m |
| Gross profit | £24.7m | £24.9m |
| Operating profit | £1m | £6m |
| Profit before tax | £340k | £5.6m |
| Profit after tax | −£798k | £3.6m |
| Profit (best available) | −£798k | £3.6m |
| Employees (average) | 1,171 | 1,117 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −0.4% | 1.7% |
| Gross margin | 11.4% | 11.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £186k | £194k |
| Profit per employee | −£681 | £3.3k |
| Cash conversion | −1409% | −230% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼0.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £6.9m | £12m |
| Net assets | £97.9m | £101m |
| Fixed assets | £45.1m | £43.4m |
| Current assets | £85.5m | £90.2m |
| Debtors | £2.7m | £2.4m |
| Deferred income | £2m | £1.8m |
| Cash from operations | −£14.1m | −£13.8m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 11.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £194k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −230%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 20%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.1%
- 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
- ▲3%
- Now £101m
- Cash at bank
- ▲73%
- Now £12m
- Headcount
- ▼5%
- Now 1,117
- Deferred income
- ▼7%
- Now £1.8m
- Fixed assets
- ▼4%
- Now £43.4m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Lyons Jewellers LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 28 Feb 2026 (profit £3.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026