Neal Brothers (Leicester) Limited
Registered name: NEAL BROTHERS (LEICESTER) LIMITED
Neal Brothers (Leicester) Limited made £24.3m revenue and £350k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Neal Brothers (Leicester) Limited’s revenue grew 7% to £24.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £350k profit. The company is classified under “manufacture of wooden containers”; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- East Midlands
- Age
- 69 yrs · since 1956
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
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) | £25.5m | £22.6m | £24.3m |
| Cost of sales | −£17.8m | −£15.3m | −£16.5m |
| Gross profit | £7.7m | £7.3m | £7.8m |
| Operating profit | £1.7m | £607k | £1.1m |
| Profit before tax | £1.1m | −£446k | £432k |
| Profit after tax | £802k | −£523k | £350k |
| Profit (best available) | £802k | −£523k | £350k |
| Employees (average) | — | — | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 3.1% | −2.3% | 1.4% |
| Gross margin | 30.1% | 32.2% | 32.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼11.3% | ▲7.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼165.2% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 32.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (7)
- Export Packers (Heathrow) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Export Packers LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Inpro Export Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Neal Brothers (Reading) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Neal Brothers (Wood Products) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Neal Brothers LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Tompkins Removals LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £350k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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