Braddell Limited
Registered name: BRADDELL LIMITED
Braddell Limited made £670m revenue and £20.7m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Braddell Limited’s revenue grew 23% to £670m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £20.7m profit and 6,611 employees. The company is classified under “repair and maintenance of other transport equipment” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 26 yrs · since 1999
- Type
- Private 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 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £498m | £546m | £670m |
| Cost of sales | −£461m | −£479m | −£587m |
| Gross profit | £36.8m | £66.9m | £83.3m |
| Operating profit | −£3.9m | £16m | £29.8m |
| Profit before tax | −£5.5m | £12.9m | £28.1m |
| Profit after tax | −£1m | £9m | £20.7m |
| Profit (best available) | −£1m | £9m | £20.7m |
| Employees (average) | 4,849 | 4,992 | 6,611 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −0.2% | 1.6% | 3.1% |
| Gross margin | 7.4% | 12.3% | 12.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £103k | £109k | £101k |
| Profit per employee | −£207 | £1.8k | £3.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲9.7% | ▲22.8% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲130.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2.9% | ▲32.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 12.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £101k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.1k
- 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
- ▲32%
- Now 6,611
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (8)
- Metroline LimitedRev. £444m · Profit £6m
- New Adventure Travel LimitedRev. £14.3m · Profit −£39k
- Metroline Liverpool LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Metroline Manchester LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Metroline West Midlands LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Metroline West Yorkshire LimitedFigures not disclosed
- P. & J. Ellis LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Scottish Citylink Coaches LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £20.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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