A.e. Beckett & Sons Limited
Registered name: A.E. BECKETT & SONS LIMITED
A.e. Beckett & Sons Limited made £9m revenue and £4.9m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
A.e. Beckett & Sons Limited’s revenue grew 8% to £9m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £4.9m profit and 126 employees. The company is classified under “raising of sheep and goats” and is based in Birmingham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Birmingham, West Midlands
- Age
- 65 yrs · since 1961
- 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 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £7.5m | £8.8m | £8.3m | £9m |
| Cost of sales | £3.5m | £4.2m | £4.1m | £5.9m |
| Gross profit | £3.9m | £4.6m | £4.2m | £3m |
| Operating profit | £994k | £1.4m | £1.2m | £269k |
| Profit before tax | £970k | £1.2m | £928k | £5.2m |
| Profit after tax | £519k | £753k | £542k | £4.9m |
| Profit (best available) | £519k | £753k | £542k | £4.9m |
| Staff costs | £2.4m | £2.6m | £2.9m | £3.1m |
| Employees (average) | 92 | 126 | 119 | 126 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 7% | 8.6% | 6.6% | 55% |
| Gross margin | 52.6% | 52.3% | 50.7% | 34% |
| Revenue per employee | £81.1k | £69.6k | £69.5k | £71.2k |
| Profit per employee | £5.6k | £6k | £4.6k | £39.2k |
| Cash conversion | 143.1% | 139.2% | 109.5% | 800.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲17.6% | ▼5.7% | ▲8.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲45% | ▼28% | ▲810% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲37% | ▼5.6% | ▲5.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £5.3k | £5.3k | £332k | £759k |
| Net assets | £7.8m | £8.5m | £8.9m | £13.8m |
| Fixed assets | £13.2m | £15.8m | £15.9m | £16.5m |
| Current assets | £527k | £377k | £744k | £4.3m |
| Debtors | £136k | £126k | £78.1k | £154k |
| Cash from operations | £1.4m | £2m | £1.4m | £2.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 55%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 34%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £71.2k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £39.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 800.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 184.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.7%
- 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
- ▲54%
- Now £13.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲129%
- Now £759k
- Headcount
- ▲6%
- Now 126
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲4%
- Now £16.5m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £4.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 16 Oct 2026
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