BROTHER FINANCE (U.K.) PLC
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Cash
£193m
+1.3% vs 2025
Net assets
£11m
+1.8% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
4
0% vs 2025
Profit before tax
£260k
-57.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Financials 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 | £6,408,730 | £9,362,272 | — | — | |
| Operating profit | £8,630,250 | £5,437,629 | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £1,065,123 | £612,064 | £260,078 | -57.5% | |
| Net profit | £762,406 | £458,922 | £194,873 | -57.5% | |
| Cash | £288,509,777 | £190,097,512 | £192,628,679 | +1.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £10,411,486 | £10,858,429 | £11,045,004 | +1.7% | |
| Net assets | £10,391,209 | £10,850,131 | £11,045,004 | +1.8% | |
| Equity | £10,391,209 | £10,850,131 | £11,045,004 | +1.8% | |
| Average employees | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0% | |
| Wages | £233,345 | £243,172 | £277,389 | +14.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £149,200 | £152,500 | £165,400 | +8.5% |
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 | 134.7% | 58.1% | — | |
| Net margin | 11.9% | 4.9% | — | |
| Return on capital employed | 82.9% | 50.1% | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 97.5% | 95.2% | 97.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.03x | 1.05x | 1.03x | |
| Interest cover | 0.62x | 0.38x | — |
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 1 time since incorporation
- BROTHER FINANCE (U.K.) PLC 1990-02-13 → present
- RAPID 8290 LIMITED 1989-11-21 → 1990-02-13
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company and the Group have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least twelve months. Thus, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual financial statements. Cash flow forecasts that extend 12 months have been prepared which take into consideration reasonably possible worst case downside scenarios.”
Significant events
- “There have been no significant events since the balance sheet date.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 36 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NAKAMURA, Shunsuke, Mr. | Secretary | 2026-01-21 | — | — |
| NAKASHIMA, Akira | Director | 2021-06-07 | Oct 1975 | Japanese |
| OTA, Hisashi, Mr. | Director | 2024-06-14 | Jul 1973 | Japanese |
| SAWADA, Takayuki | Director | 2021-06-07 | Sep 1978 | Japanese |
Show 36 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABE, Masahide | Secretary | — | 1998-06-10 |
| ASAI, Tatsunori | Secretary | 2013-05-17 | 2016-01-03 |
| DOI, Kazuwa | Secretary | 2002-04-05 | 2007-07-23 |
| FUKUCHI, Yuji | Secretary | 1998-06-10 | 2002-04-05 |
| GOTO, Kaichiro, Mr. | Secretary | 2026-01-15 | 2026-01-21 |
| GOTO, Kaichiro | Secretary | 2022-12-07 | 2026-01-15 |
| IWATA, Misaki | Secretary | 2018-09-01 | 2020-07-01 |
| KUNO, Masayoshi | Secretary | 2010-02-22 | 2013-05-17 |
| NODA, Yuji | Secretary | 2007-07-23 | 2010-02-22 |
| UEZUKA, Yusuke | Secretary | 2016-01-03 | 2018-09-01 |
| YAMAMOTO, Ryota | Secretary | 2020-07-01 | 2022-12-07 |
| ABE, Masahide | Director | — | 2010-05-21 |
| ASAI, Tatsunori | Director | 2016-01-03 | 2016-12-31 |
| FUJII, Munetaka | Director | 2006-04-27 | 2016-05-20 |
| FUKUCHI, Yuji | Director | 2002-04-05 | 2005-04-15 |
| FURUKAWA, Yuji | Director | 2003-03-11 | 2007-05-08 |
| HIRATA, Seiichi | Director | 2002-07-26 | 2003-05-14 |
| HIRATA, Seiichi | Director | — | 2000-04-05 |
| IDO, Toyomi | Director | 2000-04-05 | 2003-03-11 |
| ISHIGURO, Yuji | Director | 2007-05-08 | 2012-05-24 |
| ISONO, Yasuo | Director | 1997-05-06 | 2002-07-26 |
| ITO, Toshihiro | Director | 2014-05-15 | 2021-06-07 |
| ITOU, Toshihiro | Director | 2010-05-21 | 2011-03-15 |
| KACHI, Hiroyuki | Director | 2005-04-15 | 2011-03-15 |
| KOIKE, Kobun | Director | 2006-04-27 | 2011-05-23 |
| KOJIMA, Akira | Director | — | 1998-03-31 |
| NAGASE, Akio | Director | 1994-04-25 | 2002-04-05 |
| NAKANO, Kaoru | Director | 2016-05-20 | 2018-05-31 |
| NOJI, Isao | Director | 2017-05-25 | 2024-06-14 |
| OGAWA, Yoshihiro | Director | 2011-03-15 | 2018-05-31 |
| SEO, Takeshi | Director | 2011-03-15 | 2016-01-03 |
| SHIBAYAMA, Kazuo | Director | 2002-07-26 | 2006-04-27 |
| TADA, Yuichi | Director | 2012-05-24 | 2017-05-25 |
| TAZAKI, Kazuaki | Director | — | 1995-12-04 |
| YAGI, Kenichiro | Director | 2017-01-01 | 2021-06-07 |
| YAMADA, Masahiro | Director | — | 1996-06-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brother Industries Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 203 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-21 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-01-21 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-15 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-01-15 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-08 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-08 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.