Green & Brown Ltd
Registered name: GREEN & BROWN LTD
Part of Vista Holdco24 Limited groupGreen & Brown Ltd made £23.8m revenue and £667k profit in the year to 31 May 2025. read from filing text
Green & Brown Ltd’s revenue grew 9% to £23.8m in the year to 31 May 2025, with £667k profit and 160 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of household goods (other than musical instruments)” and is based in Huddersfield; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Huddersfield, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 16 yrs · since 2010
- 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: “D Green was the controlling party until 5 July 2024. From this date the ultimate controlling party was Vista Holdco24 Limited.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 May 2022 | 31 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 | 31 May 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) | £21.6m | £20.6m | £21.8m | £23.8m |
| Cost of sales | £18.2m | £17.2m | £18.1m | £19.7m |
| Gross profit | £3.4m | £3.4m | £3.6m | £4.1m |
| Operating profit | £1.4m | £543k | £739k | £882k |
| Profit before tax | £1.4m | £543k | £776k | £883k |
| Profit after tax | £1.1m | £424k | £595k | £667k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.1m | £424k | £595k | £667k |
| Staff costs | £4.7m | £4.8m | £5.6m | £6.2m |
| Employees (average) | 148 | 148 | 147 | 160 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5.2% | 2.1% | 2.7% | 2.8% |
| Gross margin | 15.6% | 16.4% | 16.7% | 17.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £146k | £139k | £148k | £149k |
| Profit per employee | £7.6k | £2.9k | £4k | £4.2k |
| Cash conversion | −62.7% | −69.1% | −141.6% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼4.4% | ▲5.5% | ▲9.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼62.3% | ▲40.5% | ▲12% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▼0.7% | ▲8.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £667k | £480k | £744k | £293k |
| Net assets | £6.3m | £6.7m | £7.3m | £7.9m |
| Fixed assets | £417k | £357k | £831k | £890k |
| Current assets | £7.7m | £8.1m | £8.7m | £10.5m |
| Debtors | £98.8k | £32.6k | £64k | £52.7k |
| Deferred income | £322k | £395k | £372k | £389k |
| Cash from operations | −£882k | −£375k | −£1m | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 17.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £149k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- 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
- ▲9%
- Now £7.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▼61%
- Now £293k
- Headcount
- ▲9%
- Now 160
- Deferred income
- ▲5%
- Now £389k
- Fixed assets
- ▲7%
- Now £890k
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
- Vista Holdco24 Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Vista Bidco24 Limited75–100%
- Green & Brown Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Interior Goods Direct LimitedRev. £40.1m · Profit £3.8m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 May 2025 (profit £667k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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