Brightstrand International Limited
Registered name: BRIGHTSTRAND INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Brightstrand International Limited made £5m revenue and £149k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Brightstrand International Limited’s revenue grew 2% to £5m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £149k profit and 11 employees. The company is classified under “information technology consultancy activities” and is based in Dundee; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Dundee, Scotland
- Age
- 27 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 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 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) | £4.2m | £4.5m | £4.9m | £5m |
| Cost of sales | £3.2m | £3.5m | £3.8m | £4m |
| Gross profit | £922k | £958k | £1m | £932k |
| Operating profit | £176k | £182k | £229k | £179k |
| Profit before tax | £178k | £195k | £250k | £197k |
| Profit after tax | £144k | £149k | £187k | £149k |
| Profit (best available) | £144k | £149k | £187k | £149k |
| Employees (average) | 14 | 15 | 14 | 11 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.5% | 3.4% | 3.8% | 3% |
| Gross margin | 22.2% | 21.4% | 21.2% | 18.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £296k | £298k | £348k | £452k |
| Profit per employee | £10.3k | £10k | £13.4k | £13.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲7.6% | ▲9.2% | ▲2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲3.4% | ▲25.3% | ▼20.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7.1% | ▼6.7% | ▼21.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.2m | £1.5m | £1.2m | £1.4m |
| Net assets | £616k | £638k | £682k | £671k |
| Fixed assets | £1.7k | £724 | £933 | £872 |
| Current assets | £1.6m | £1.7m | £1.9m | £2m |
| Debtors | £353k | £173k | £558k | £524k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 18.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £452k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £13.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10.5%
- 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
- ▼2%
- Now £671k
- Cash at bank
- ▲12%
- Now £1.4m
- Headcount
- ▼21%
- Now 11
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼7%
- Now £872
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £149k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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