Brevitt - Rieker Limited
Registered name: BREVITT - RIEKER LIMITED
Part of Rieker Holding Ag groupBrevitt - Rieker Limited made £34.6m revenue and £125k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Brevitt - Rieker Limited’s revenue fell 8% to £34.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £125k profit and 133 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of clothing and footwear” and is based in Market Harborough; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Market Harborough, East Midlands
- Age
- 37 yrs · since 1989
- 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 parent undertaking is Rieker Holding A.G., a company incorporated in Switzerland.”
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&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) | £32.9m | £35.9m | £37.5m | £34.6m |
| Cost of sales | £24.8m | £26.5m | £27.3m | £24.3m |
| Gross profit | £8.1m | £9.4m | £10.2m | £10.3m |
| Operating profit | −£185k | −£7.5k | −£152k | £236k |
| Profit before tax | −£189k | −£43.6k | −£196k | £181k |
| Profit after tax | −£111k | −£48.2k | −£172k | £125k |
| Profit (best available) | −£111k | −£48.2k | −£172k | £125k |
| Staff costs | — | — | £3.5m | £3.8m |
| Employees (average) | 119 | 125 | 136 | 133 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −0.3% | −0.1% | −0.5% | 0.4% |
| Gross margin | 24.6% | 26.2% | 27.1% | 29.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £277k | £287k | £275k | £260k |
| Profit per employee | −£933 | −£386 | −£1.3k | £943 |
| Cash conversion | — | — | — | 178.4% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲9.2% | ▲4.3% | ▼7.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5% | ▲8.8% | ▼2.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.1m | £1.2m | £1.5m | £1.3m |
| Net assets | £1.8m | £1.7m | £1.6m | £1.7m |
| Fixed assets | £2m | £2.1m | £2.3m | £1.7m |
| Current assets | £10.5m | £8.8m | £10.8m | £9.6m |
| Debtors | £2m | £728k | £1.3m | £713k |
| Deferred income | £257k | £426k | £351k | £215k |
| Cash from operations | −£295k | −£404k | −£813k | £421k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 29.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £260k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £943
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 178.4%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.1%
- 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 £1.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼12%
- Now £1.3m
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 133
- Deferred income
- ▼39%
- Now £215k
- Fixed assets
- ▼24%
- Now £1.7m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Rieker Holding Ag (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Brevitt - Rieker Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £125k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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