Brady Corporation Limited
Registered name: BRADY CORPORATION LIMITED
Part of Brady Corporation groupBrady Corporation Limited made £41.7m revenue and £4.1m profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025.
Brady Corporation Limited’s revenue fell 6% to £41.7m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £4.1m profit and 208 employees. The company is classified under “other service activities” and is based in Oxfordshire; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Oxfordshire, South East
- Age
- 25 yrs · since 2001
- 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 | 31 Jul 2022 | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £42.8m | £44.2m | £44.4m | £41.7m |
| Cost of sales | £24.5m | £25.5m | £24.5m | £22.6m |
| Gross profit | £18.3m | £18.7m | £19.9m | £19.1m |
| Operating profit | £2.2m | £3.4m | £4.3m | £3.9m |
| Profit before tax | £2.2m | £3.5m | £4.9m | £4.5m |
| Profit after tax | £2m | £3.3m | £3.7m | £4.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £2m | £3.3m | £3.7m | £4.1m |
| Staff costs | £10.1m | £9.4m | £9.7m | £8.9m |
| Employees (average) | 241 | 236 | 223 | 208 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4.7% | 7.4% | 8.3% | 9.8% |
| Gross margin | 42.8% | 42.3% | 44.8% | 45.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £178k | £187k | £199k | £200k |
| Profit per employee | £8.4k | £13.8k | £16.5k | £19.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲3.2% | ▲0.4% | ▼6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲61.6% | ▲13.2% | ▲10.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼2.1% | ▼5.5% | ▼6.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £72k | £58k | £50k | £36k |
| Net assets | £45.8m | £49.1m | £52.9m | £37.4m |
| Fixed assets | £15.4m | £15.9m | £16.4m | £18m |
| Current assets | £40.1m | £42.4m | £46m | £31.3m |
| Debtors | £7.6m | £8.2m | £7.7m | £7m |
| Deferred income | £1.8m | £1.3m | £1.4m | £1.1m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 9.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 45.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £200k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £19.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 43.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 16.7%
- 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
- ▼29%
- Now £37.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼28%
- Now £36k
- Headcount
- ▼7%
- Now 208
- Deferred income
- ▼21%
- Now £1.1m
- Fixed assets
- ▲10%
- Now £18m
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
- Brady Corporation (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Brady European Holdings Limited75–100%
- B.i. (UK) Limited75–100%
- Brady Corporation Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Gravotech LimitedRev. — · Profit £196k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jul 2025 (profit £4.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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