BRIGADE ELECTRONICS GROUP PLC
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Cash
£14m
+43.2% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£40m
+2.4% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
305
+6.6% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£5.3m
-21% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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4 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 | 2026-01-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £72,091,728 | £80,077,844 | £74,394,080 | -7.1% | |
| Operating profit | £6,145,614 | £6,629,214 | £5,064,814 | -23.6% | |
| Profit before tax | £5,944,139 | £6,763,406 | £5,342,880 | -21% | |
| Net profit | £4,249,565 | £5,158,678 | £3,690,412 | -28.5% | |
| Cash | £8,551,874 | £9,829,201 | £14,070,797 | +43.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £36,843,509 | £40,243,191 | £41,036,610 | +2% | |
| Net assets | £35,760,684 | £39,078,489 | £40,001,115 | +2.4% | |
| Equity | £35,760,684 | £39,078,489 | £40,001,115 | +2.4% | |
| Average employees | 279 | 286 | 305 | +6.6% | |
| Wages | £13,568,493 | £15,713,337 | £14,781,253 | -5.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £681,048 | £612,103 | £848,760 | +38.7% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £40,094 | £70,049 | £85,197 | +21.6% | |
| Highest paid director | £253,136 | £226,459 | £261,795 | +15.6% |
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 | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 | 2026-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 8.5% | 8.3% | 6.8% | |
| Net margin | 5.9% | 6.4% | 5.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 16.7% | 16.5% | 12.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 27.8% | 24.8% | 21.3% | |
| Current ratio | 3.68x | 4.19x | 4.89x | |
| Interest cover | 14.67x | 34.67x | — |
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
- BRIGADE ELECTRONICS GROUP PLC 2014-08-21 → present
- BRIGADE ELECTRONICS GROUP LIMITED 2014-06-10 → 2014-08-21
- BRIGADE (HOLDINGS) LIMITED 2009-12-17 → 2014-06-10
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- PKF Littlejohn LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have assessed the Group's and Company's ability to continue as a going concern and have prepared forecasts covering a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements, being to 31 August 2027.”
Group structure
- BRIGADE ELECTRONICS GROUP PLC · parent
- Brigade Electronics (UK) Limited 100%
- Brigade Elektronik GmbH 100%
- Brigade Electronics Inc 100%
- Brigade Elettronica SRL 100%
- Brigade Electronics (EU) BV 100%
- Brigade (bbs-tek) Limited 100%
- Brigade Electronique Sarl 95%
- Brigade Electronics France SAS 100%
- Brigade Electronics (Canada) Limited 100%
- Brigade Electronics (Polska) sp. zo.o. 90%
Significant events
- “On 25 November 2025, the Group acquired the remaining 10% minority interest holding in both Brigade Electronics (Canada) Limited and Brigade Electronics Inc, increasing their ownership from 90% to 100%.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AZIZ, Owais Farid | Secretary | 2026-03-02 | — | — |
| HANSON-ABBOTT, Philip Julian | Secretary | 2026-03-02 | — | — |
| AZIZ, Owais Farid | Director | 2026-03-02 | Aug 1981 | British |
| COLLINSON, Simon Alastair Nigel | Director | 2025-08-27 | Oct 1962 | British |
| HANSON-ABBOTT, Philip Julian | Director | 2009-12-17 | Jun 1959 | British |
| MCFAULL, Graeme | Director | 2026-07-01 | Oct 1961 | British |
| RUMBAUSKAS, Aivaras | Director | 2026-08-01 | Apr 1981 | Lithuanian |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HARRIS, John | Secretary | 2016-10-14 | 2020-04-30 |
| PALMER, Mathew | Secretary | 2020-05-01 | 2026-02-27 |
| SILLARS, Ian Wilson | Secretary | 2009-12-17 | 2016-10-14 |
| BRETT, Thomas Craig | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2020-09-30 |
| GRAHAM, Carl Antony | Director | 2009-12-17 | 2009-12-17 |
| HANSON-ABBOTT, Christopher Philip | Director | 2009-12-17 | 2026-06-13 |
| HARRIS, John Lewis David | Director | 2016-10-14 | 2020-04-30 |
| HUTSON, Rachel Emma | Director | 2018-05-01 | 2026-01-14 |
| MATTHEWS, Stuart Andrew | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2021-04-13 |
| MOODY, Noel Philip | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2023-07-31 |
| PALMER, Mathew | Director | 2020-05-01 | 2026-02-27 |
| SILLARS, Ian Wilson | Director | 2009-12-17 | 2016-10-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brigade Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-07-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 82 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-08-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-07-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-06-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-06 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-03-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-05 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-03-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-04 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-12-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-02-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-12-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-12-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 11
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 5
- Officers resigned
- 4
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.