Burtons Medical Equipment Limited
Registered name: BURTONS MEDICAL EQUIPMENT LIMITED
Part of Burtons of Maidstone Limited groupBurtons Medical Equipment Limited made £23.7m revenue and £1.6m profit in the year to 31 Oct 2025.
Burtons Medical Equipment Limited’s revenue grew 11% to £23.7m in the year to 31 Oct 2025, with £1.6m profit and 117 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other special-purpose machinery” and is based in Tonbridge; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Tonbridge, South East
- Age
- 40 yrs · since 1986
- 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 immediate and ultimate parent undertaking and controlling party is”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Oct 2021 | 31 Oct 2022 | 31 Oct 2023 | 31 Oct 2024 | 31 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £19.9m | £19.5m | £21.2m | £23.7m |
| Cost of sales | £12m | £14.3m | £14.2m | −£15.7m | −£17.2m |
| Gross profit | — | £5.6m | £5.4m | £5.5m | £6.5m |
| Operating profit | — | £1.6m | £1.3m | £1.2m | £1.7m |
| Profit before tax | £1.1m | £1.6m | £1.3m | £1.2m | £1.6m |
| Profit after tax | — | £1.3m | £979k | £890k | £1.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.1m | £1.3m | £979k | £890k | £1.6m |
| Staff costs | £4m | £4.5m | £5.2m | — | — |
| Employees (average) | 92 | 104 | 110 | 112 | 117 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | — | 6.6% | 5% | 4.2% | 6.6% |
| Gross margin | — | 28.2% | 27.5% | 25.8% | 27.4% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £192k | £178k | £189k | £202k |
| Profit per employee | £12k | £12.6k | £8.9k | £7.9k | £13.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼1.9% | ▲8.6% | ▲11.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲19.4% | ▼25.5% | ▼9.1% | ▲74.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲13% | ▲5.8% | ▲1.8% | ▲4.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £532k | £350k | £36.8k | — | — |
| Net assets | £3.3m | £3.6m | £3.6m | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £1.1m | £1.1m | £1.1m | — | — |
| Current assets | £5.3m | £6m | £5.2m | — | — |
| Debtors | £1.5m | £2.3m | £1.8m | — | — |
| Deferred income | £1.3m | £1.3m | £1.1m | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 27.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £202k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £13.3k
- 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
- ▲4%
- Now 117
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Burtons of Maidstone Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Burtons Medical Equipment Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (5)
- Burtons Manufacturing Company LimitedRev. £5.1m · Profit −£49k
- Burtons Vehicle Systems LimitedRev. £1.1m · Profit −£22.6k
- Burtons Direct LimitedRev. £884k · Profit £25.2k
- Burtons Grooming Direct LtdFigures not disclosed
- Vetronic Services 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 Oct 2025 (profit £1.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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