S W Bruce & Company Limited
Registered name: S W BRUCE & COMPANY LIMITED
Part of SWB Holdings Limited groupS W Bruce & Company Limited made £35.6m revenue and £778k profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
S W Bruce & Company Limited’s revenue grew 16% to £35.6m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £778k profit and 83 employees. The company is classified under “other building completion and finishing” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 28 yrs · since 1998
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £26.1m | £28.3m | £30.7m | £35.6m |
| Cost of sales | £23.2m | £25.2m | £27m | £31.4m |
| Gross profit | £3m | £3m | £3.7m | £4.2m |
| Operating profit | £1.1m | £743k | £959k | £1.1m |
| Profit before tax | £1.1m | £710k | £926k | £1.1m |
| Profit after tax | £901k | £594k | £539k | £778k |
| Profit (best available) | £901k | £594k | £539k | £778k |
| Staff costs | £9.6k | £999k | £4.1m | £4.6m |
| Employees (average) | 3 | 77 | 78 | 83 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.5% | 2.1% | 1.8% | 2.2% |
| Gross margin | 11.4% | 10.8% | 12.1% | 11.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £8.7m | £367k | £393k | £429k |
| Profit per employee | £300k | £7.7k | £6.9k | £9.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲8.2% | ▲8.5% | ▲15.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼34.1% | ▼9.3% | ▲44.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2467% | ▲1.3% | ▲6.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £419k | £934k | £564k | £444k |
| Net assets | £993k | £1.3m | £1.5m | £1.9m |
| Fixed assets | £531k | £661k | £619k | £673k |
| Current assets | £5.8m | £5.6m | £6.4m | £5.9m |
| Debtors | £2.4m | £1.9m | £3.3m | £2.8m |
| Deferred income | £1.7m | £406k | £315k | £389k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 11.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £429k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £9.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7.8%
- 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
- ▲28%
- Now £1.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▼21%
- Now £444k
- Headcount
- ▲6%
- Now 83
- Deferred income
- ▲23%
- Now £389k
- Fixed assets
- ▲9%
- Now £673k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- SWB Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- S W Bruce & Company 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 30 Jun 2025 (profit £778k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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