McBraida PLC
Registered name: MCBRAIDA PLC
McBraida PLC made £31.8m revenue and £3.2m profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
McBraida PLC’s revenue grew 25% to £31.8m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £3.2m profit and 152 employees. The company is classified under “machining” and is based in Bristol; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bristol, South West
- Age
- 72 yrs · since 1954
- Type
- Public Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £19.7m | £25.4m | £31.8m |
| Cost of sales | £16m | £21.2m | £26.8m |
| Gross profit | £3.7m | £4.2m | £5m |
| Operating profit | £2.6m | £3m | — |
| Profit before tax | £2.7m | £3.3m | £3.9m |
| Profit after tax | £2.1m | £2.4m | £3.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.1m | £2.4m | £3.2m |
| Staff costs | £5.6m | £6.3m | £7.5m |
| Employees (average) | 122 | 144 | 152 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 10.8% | 9.3% | 10.2% |
| Gross margin | 18.8% | 16.4% | 15.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £162k | £176k | £209k |
| Profit per employee | £17.4k | £16.4k | £21.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲28.8% | ▲25.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲10.9% | ▲37.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲18% | ▲5.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £4.6m | £3.9m | £3.1m |
| Net assets | £16.1m | £18.5m | £21.7m |
| Fixed assets | £1.4m | £1.2m | £1.3m |
| Current assets | £21.3m | £24.4m | £27.7m |
| Debtors | £4m | £7.9m | £7.7m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 10.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 15.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £209k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £21.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 24.1%
- 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
- ▲18%
- Now £21.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼21%
- Now £3.1m
- Headcount
- ▲6%
- Now 152
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲15%
- Now £1.3m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit £3.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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