Made by Brave Limited
Registered name: MADE BY BRAVE LIMITED
Made by Brave Limited made £53.7m revenue and £6m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Made by Brave Limited’s revenue grew 171% to £53.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £6m profit and 124 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of cocoa and chocolate confectionery” and is based in Lewes; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Lewes, South East
- Age
- 9 yrs · since 2017
- 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 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £19.9m | £53.7m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | −£11.5m | −£16.3m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £8.3m | £37.4m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £3m | £9.4m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £3.1m | £9.4m |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £2.3m | £6m |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £2.3m | £6m |
| Employees (average) | 15 | 28 | 56 | 124 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 11.6% | 11.3% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 41.9% | 69.6% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £355k | £433k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £41.3k | £48.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲170.7% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲161.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲86.7% | ▲100% | ▲121.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £64.9k | £3m | £4.3m | — |
| Net assets | £347k | £5.1m | £7.3m | — |
| Fixed assets | £22k | £89.3k | £420k | — |
| Current assets | £484k | £6.4m | £9m | — |
| Debtors | £42.8k | £219k | £460k | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 11.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 69.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £433k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £48.8k
- 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
- ▲121%
- Now 124
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Minority corporate shareholders
- Piper Nominee IV Limited 25–50%
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 25 Oct 2026
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