KNIGHTS BROWN CONSTRUCTION LTD
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Cash
£13m
-3.8% vs 2025
Net assets
£19m
+14.9% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
324
+7.3% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£5.6m
+44% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £101,508,000 | £116,418,000 | £136,329,000 | +17.1% | |
| Operating profit | £2,072,000 | £3,838,000 | £5,460,000 | +42.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £2,100,000 | £3,875,000 | £5,579,000 | +44% | |
| Net profit | £1,853,000 | £3,638,000 | £4,000,000 | +10% | |
| Cash | £4,433,000 | £13,121,000 | £12,627,000 | -3.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £14,886,000 | £17,634,000 | £21,784,000 | +23.5% | |
| Net assets | £13,865,000 | £16,748,000 | £19,248,000 | +14.9% | |
| Equity | £13,865,000 | £16,748,000 | £19,248,000 | +14.9% | |
| Average employees | 306 | 302 | 324 | +7.3% | |
| Wages | £16,903,000 | £17,743,000 | £20,654,000 | +16.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,075,000 | £917,000 | £977,000 | +6.5% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £118,000 | £106,000 | £114,000 | +7.5% | |
| Highest paid director | £233,000 | £224,000 | £252,000 | +12.5% |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.0% | 3.3% | 4.0% | |
| Net margin | 1.8% | 3.1% | 2.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 13.9% | 21.8% | 25.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 64.0% | 66.4% | 69.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.54x | 1.46x | 1.42x | |
| Interest cover | 39.09x | 73.81x | 76.90x |
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 3 times since incorporation
- KNIGHTS BROWN CONSTRUCTION LTD 2017-09-01 → present
- RAYMOND BROWN CONSTRUCTION LTD 1997-10-21 → 2017-09-01
- RAYMOND L. BROWN (CONSTRUCTION) LIMITED 1987-02-03 → 1997-10-21
- SHARPVENTURE LIMITED 1986-12-09 → 1987-02-03
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have made an assessment in preparing these financial statements as to whether the Group is a going concern and concluded that there are no material uncertainties that may cast doubt on the Group's or Company's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Group structure
- KNIGHTS BROWN CONSTRUCTION LTD · parent
- Raymond Brown Building Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “The Company is not reliant on the existing £2.5m revolving credit facility.”
- “It supports the principles of the Fair Payment Code's silver standard of paying all invoices within 60 days and small businesses within 30 days.”
- “The 26% year-on-year reduction in tCO2e (588.2 tCO2e) was primarily attributable to the phased introduction of HVO in company-owned plant, which significantly reduced reported greenhouse gas emissions associated with fuel consumption.”
- “In the year the revolving credit facility was successfully renewed, increasing to £5m, for 3 years as from 13 March 2026.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 28 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CROOK, Michael | Director | 2022-09-01 | May 1969 | British |
| CROZIER, Philip | Director | 2019-02-26 | Jan 1975 | British |
| EILBECK, Andrew | Director | 2019-02-26 | May 1975 | British |
| HARDACRE, Guy Pitt | Director | 2011-03-24 | Apr 1957 | British |
| VALENTINE, Kevin | Director | 2019-02-26 | Dec 1973 | British |
| WHITTLE, Sarah Helen | Director | 2019-02-26 | Oct 1973 | British |
| WOOTTON, Darren Thomas | Director | 2012-03-21 | Feb 1967 | British |
Show 28 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROWN, Fiona | Secretary | — | 2002-04-30 |
| EATON, Gregory Paul | Secretary | 2014-03-27 | 2016-07-31 |
| HARRIS, Stuart John | Secretary | 2007-03-31 | 2014-03-27 |
| WHITE, Kelvin | Secretary | 2002-05-01 | 2007-03-31 |
| BARLOW, Robert | Director | 1996-01-01 | 1999-09-30 |
| BAVERSTOCK, Clifford Frank | Director | 1991-10-01 | 2001-12-31 |
| BLAKE, Rupert | Director | 2019-02-26 | 2020-06-05 |
| BROWN, Fiona | Director | — | 2002-03-31 |
| BROWN, Pola Alberta | Director | — | 2007-05-31 |
| BROWN, Raymond Leonard | Director | — | 2007-05-31 |
| BROWN, Susan Jayne | Director | — | 1995-12-31 |
| CANNING, John Michael | Director | 2002-04-01 | 2010-02-23 |
| CRAUFURD, Christopher Charles | Director | 2009-09-01 | 2019-02-26 |
| CURRIE, John Kerr | Director | 1996-01-01 | 2019-02-26 |
| DAVIS, John William | Director | 1996-08-01 | 2000-10-31 |
| HARRIS, Stuart John | Director | 2006-10-02 | 2016-08-16 |
| HEBDEN, Sean | Director | 2020-09-16 | 2024-03-15 |
| HUBBARD, Barry Michael | Director | 1991-10-01 | 2010-02-23 |
| HUDDLESTON, John Frederick | Director | 1996-01-01 | 1999-02-12 |
| ISAAC, Mark John | Director | 2002-04-01 | 2024-10-18 |
| ISAAC, Ronald George | Director | — | 2019-02-26 |
| KENNEDY, Bryan | Director | 2019-02-26 | 2021-02-19 |
| LAVIS, Jonathan Frederick | Director | 1999-10-01 | 2006-12-11 |
| LITHERLAND, John Stuart | Director | 1991-10-01 | 1999-09-30 |
| SCHOFIELD, Thomas Adam | Director | 2013-02-01 | 2013-12-06 |
| WHITE, Kelvin | Director | 2001-02-06 | 2024-10-18 |
| WILLIAMSON, Peter | Director | 2019-02-26 | 2023-03-03 |
| WOODWARD, Andrew Robert | Director | 2007-12-01 | 2011-01-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knights Brown Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 197 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-11-03 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-11-03 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-08-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-03 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-11-03 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-10-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-06 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-08-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-08-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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.