Connaught Brown Public Limited Company
Registered name: CONNAUGHT BROWN PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
Connaught Brown Public Limited Company made £11.2m revenue and £790k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2026. read from filing text
Connaught Brown Public Limited Company’s revenue fell 21% to £11.2m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with £790k profit and 6 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale of other second-hand goods in stores (not incl. antiques)” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 42 yrs · since 1984
- 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 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | £11.8m | £11.7m | £14.2m | £11.2m |
| Cost of sales | £8.8m | £9.6m | £11.3m | £8.2m |
| Gross profit | £3m | £2.1m | £2.9m | £3m |
| Operating profit | £1.3m | £871k | £1m | £1m |
| Profit before tax | £1.3m | £912k | £1.1m | £1.1m |
| Profit after tax | £1.1m | £684k | £811k | £790k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.1m | £684k | £811k | £790k |
| Staff costs | £1.2m | £833k | £1.3m | £1.5m |
| Employees (average) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 9.2% | 5.9% | 5.7% | 7% |
| Gross margin | 25.3% | 18.2% | 20.2% | 27.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £2m | £1.9m | £2.4m | £1.9m |
| Profit per employee | £180k | £114k | £135k | £132k |
| Cash conversion | −203.6% | −77.3% | −19.8% | −117.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼0.9% | ▲21% | ▼20.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼36.7% | ▲18.5% | ▼2.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £5.2m | £5.4m | £5.3m | £6.1m |
| Net assets | £6.6m | £7.1m | £7.6m | £8.1m |
| Fixed assets | £44.5k | £36.3k | £29.8k | £72.9k |
| Current assets | £8.8m | £8.1m | £9.5m | £9.7m |
| Debtors | £68k | £4.3k | £72.1k | £259k |
| Deferred income | £590k | £182k | £651k | £751k |
| Cash from operations | −£2.7m | −£673k | −£207k | −£1.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 27.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.9m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £132k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −117.5%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 6.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.3%
- 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 £8.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲15%
- Now £6.1m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 6
- Deferred income
- ▲15%
- Now £751k
- Fixed assets
- ▲144%
- Now £72.9k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2026 (profit £790k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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