Robert Price (Builders Merchants) Limited
Registered name: ROBERT PRICE (BUILDERS MERCHANTS) LIMITED
Robert Price (Builders Merchants) Limited made £73.7m revenue and £2.2m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025. read from filing text
Robert Price (Builders Merchants) Limited’s revenue grew 12% to £73.7m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £2.2m profit and 285 employees. The company is classified under “agents involved in the sale of timber and building materials” and is based in Abergavenny; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Abergavenny, Wales
- Age
- 50 yrs · since 1975
- 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 company is ultimately controlled by its parent company, Robert Price and Sons Limited, which in turn is ultimately controlled by Mr W A Godfrey, by virtue of his shareholding. Robert Price & Sons ”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £59.2m | £62.4m | £65.5m | £73.7m |
| Cost of sales | £41.4m | £45.4m | £48.1m | £53.7m |
| Gross profit | £17.8m | £17m | £17.4m | £20m |
| Operating profit | £5.7m | £3.5m | £1.4m | £2.1m |
| Profit before tax | £4.9m | £3.7m | £2.6m | £3.1m |
| Profit after tax | £4m | £2.9m | £1.9m | £2.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £4m | £2.9m | £1.9m | £2.2m |
| Staff costs | £7.8m | £8.8m | £10.1m | £11.2m |
| Employees (average) | 242 | 243 | 274 | 285 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 6.8% | 4.6% | 2.9% | 3% |
| Gross margin | 30.1% | 27.2% | 26.6% | 27.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £245k | £257k | £239k | £259k |
| Profit per employee | £16.7k | £11.8k | £6.9k | £7.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲5.3% | ▲5% | ▲12.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼29% | ▼33.8% | ▲16.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲0.4% | ▲12.8% | ▲4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £5m | £3.9m | £4.2m | £6.1m |
| Net assets | £21.5m | £24.4m | £26.3m | £28.5m |
| Fixed assets | £4.4m | £5.1m | £6.1m | £5.8m |
| Current assets | £30.4m | £32.8m | £35m | £33.9m |
| Debtors | £7.3m | £7.3m | £7.3m | £7.6m |
| Deferred income | £1.2m | £1.3m | £1.3m | £1.3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 27.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £259k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 7.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10.3%
- 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
- ▲8%
- Now £28.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲45%
- Now £6.1m
- Headcount
- ▲4%
- Now 285
- Deferred income
- ▼2%
- Now £1.3m
- Fixed assets
- ▼5%
- Now £5.8m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (4)
- Gower Timber LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Lliw Building Supplies LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Monmouthshire Farming Supplies LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Tudors Building Supplies (Hereford) 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 30 Sep 2025 (profit £2.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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