Brodie Engineering Limited
Registered name: BRODIE ENGINEERING LIMITED
Part of Brodie Holdings Ltd groupBrodie Engineering Limited made £15.4m revenue and £308k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2026. read from filing text
Brodie Engineering Limited’s revenue grew 56% to £15.4m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with £308k profit and 151 employees. The company is classified under “repair and maintenance of other transport equipment” and is based in Kilmarnock; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Kilmarnock, Scotland
- Age
- 30 yrs · since 1996
- 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: “The ultimate parent company of Brodie Engineering Limited is Brodie Holdings Ltd, a company registered in Scotland.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £9.9m | £15.4m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £5m | £9m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £4.9m | £6.4m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £107k | £364k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £88.2k | £373k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £29k | £308k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £29k | £308k |
| Staff costs | — | — | £5.7m | £8.6m |
| Employees (average) | 93 | 84 | 96 | 151 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 0.3% | 2% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 49.3% | 41.5% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £103k | £102k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £302 | £2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲56.4% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲965.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼9.7% | ▲14.3% | ▲57.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | — | £0 | £497k | £1.2m |
| Net assets | £1.6m | £1.2m | £1.2m | £1.5m |
| Fixed assets | £1.6m | £1m | £954k | £1.3m |
| Current assets | £2.7m | £1.8m | £4.7m | £7.2m |
| Debtors | £558k | £290k | £1.2m | £1.5m |
| Deferred income | — | — | £627k | £487k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 41.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £102k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 8.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10%
- 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
- ▲26%
- Now £1.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲135%
- Now £1.2m
- Headcount
- ▲57%
- Now 151
- Deferred income
- ▼22%
- Now £487k
- Fixed assets
- ▲40%
- Now £1.3m
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
- Brodie Holdings Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Brodie Engineering Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Brodie Properties LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2026 (profit £308k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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