Alfred Brown(Worsted Mills) Limited
Registered name: ALFRED BROWN(WORSTED MILLS) LIMITED
Part of Dormeuil Manufacturing Limited groupAlfred Brown(Worsted Mills) Limited made £180k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
Alfred Brown(Worsted Mills) Limited reported £180k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025, up 125% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 69 employees. The company is classified under “weaving of textiles” and is based in Leeds; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Leeds, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 76 yrs · since 1950
- 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.
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Nov 2022 | 30 Nov 2023 | 30 Nov 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — | — |
| Profit after tax | £1m | £308k | £80k | £180k |
| Profit (best available) | £1m | £308k | £80k | £180k |
| Employees (average) | 72 | 76 | 70 | 69 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £14.5k | £4.1k | £1.1k | £2.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Profit growth | — | ▼70.4% | ▼74% | ▲124.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5.6% | ▼7.9% | ▼1.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.8m | £1.7m | £1.8m | £404k |
| Net assets | £5.8m | £5.9m | £5.9m | £3.8m |
| Fixed assets | £619k | £614k | £596k | £239k |
| Current assets | £7.1m | £6.5m | £6.5m | £5.7m |
| Debtors | £1.5m | £1.5m | £1.7m | £2.1m |
| Deferred income | £258k | £199k | £22.8k | £93.1k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.6k
- 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
- ▼35%
- Now £3.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▼78%
- Now £404k
- Headcount
- ▼1%
- Now 69
- Deferred income
- ▲308%
- Now £93.1k
- Fixed assets
- ▼60%
- Now £239k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Dormeuil Manufacturing Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Alfred Brown (Worsted Mills) Holdings Limited75–100%
- Alfred Brown(Worsted Mills) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Alfred Brown (Woodhead) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Brown & Sons (Bramley) 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 31 Dec 2025 (profit £180k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 25 Oct 2026
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