BROWNS DISTRIBUTION SERVICES LIMITED
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Cash
£2.3M
+47.2% highest in 5 filed years
Net assets
£2.8M
+17.9% highest in 5 filed years
Employees
139
+1.5% highest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
£1M
+26% vs 2024
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2021-04-30 | 2022-04-30 | 2023-04-30 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £14,180,870 | — | — | £22,179,538 | £23,494,633 | +5.9% | |
| Operating profit | £1,210,204 | — | — | £1,017,609 | £1,230,665 | +20.9% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,162,972 | £1,414,943 | £1,255,001 | £812,024 | £1,022,759 | +26% | |
| Net profit | £989,466 | £1,047,669 | £1,161,718 | £698,683 | £764,413 | +9.4% | |
| Cash | £1,043,681 | £708,484 | £1,030,277 | £1,529,254 | £2,251,124 | +47.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,712,684 | £3,986,598 | £5,578,352 | £6,110,332 | £7,521,708 | +23.1% | |
| Net assets | £2,053,169 | £2,140,838 | £2,607,556 | £2,366,239 | £2,790,652 | +17.9% | |
| Equity | £2,053,169 | £2,140,838 | £2,607,556 | £2,366,239 | £2,790,652 | +17.9% | |
| Average employees | 99 | 115 | 129 | 137 | 139 | +1.5% | |
| Wages | £2,962,308 | £3,837,225 | £4,404,579 | £4,747,905 | £4,977,210 | +4.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £21,763 | £19,935 | £22,047 | £31,875 | £40,114 | +25.8% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2021-04-30 | 2022-04-30 | 2023-04-30 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 8.5% | — | — | 4.6% | 5.2% | |
| Net margin | 7.0% | — | — | 3.2% | 3.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 32.6% | — | — | 16.7% | 16.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | 77.6% | 77.7% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 1.13x | 1.11x | |
| Interest cover | 24.71x | — | — | 4.69x | 5.05x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- BROWNS DISTRIBUTION SERVICES LIMITED 1993-08-23 → present
- BROWNS OF STOKE LIMITED 1986-12-03 → 1993-08-23
- A.BROWN(TUNSTALL)LIMITED 1965-02-25 → 1986-12-03
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- DJH Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Significant events
- “Since the year end, fixed assets totalling £418,995 have been acquired. The company has entered into £377,096 of finance leases in order to purchase these assets.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 15 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BROWN, David Albert James | Director | 2007-03-14 | Oct 1985 | British |
| BROWN, David Anthony | Director | 1998-05-22 | Jul 1955 | British |
Show 15 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GROCOTT, David | Secretary | 2016-08-17 | 2024-07-31 |
| HIGGINS, Brian Patrick | Secretary | — | 2001-03-06 |
| KNOX SMITH, Hayden | Secretary | 2001-03-06 | 2004-01-13 |
| ROBINSON, Christopher | Secretary | 2024-07-31 | 2026-03-30 |
| WATERS, John James | Secretary | 2004-01-13 | 2016-08-17 |
| BROWN, Albert | Director | — | 2007-09-28 |
| BROWN, David Anthony | Director | — | 1997-07-30 |
| BROWN, Miriam Catherine Ann | Director | — | 1997-05-28 |
| KNOX SMITH, Hayden | Director | 2001-05-14 | 2004-01-13 |
| MORTIMER, Malcolm | Director | 1996-08-27 | 1997-02-14 |
| SMITH, Alan | Director | — | 1995-01-23 |
| STIRZAKER, Michael John | Director | 2005-03-02 | 2017-08-09 |
| STIRZAKOR, Michael John | Director | 1997-06-23 | 1999-07-23 |
| WARD, Mark Douglas | Director | 2005-03-02 | 2005-07-01 |
| WATERS, John James | Director | 2004-01-13 | 2004-06-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Browns Commercial Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors (as firm), Significant influence (as firm) | 2016-06-30 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 163 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-30 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-23 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-11-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-03 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-09-03 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-02 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2024-01-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-11-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-20 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-01-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-11-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-01-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-01-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.