BROWNS MANUFACTURING LIMITED
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Cash
£3.2m
-64% vs 2024
Net assets
£36m
+0.1% vs 2024
Employees
762
-2.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£234k
-96.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £136,372,000 | £135,576,000 | £134,527,000 | -0.8% | |
| Operating profit | £7,426,000 | £7,752,000 | £1,128,000 | -85.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £6,425,000 | £6,853,000 | £234,000 | -96.6% | |
| Net profit | £4,898,000 | £4,914,000 | £47,000 | -99% | |
| Cash | £2,047,000 | £8,974,000 | £3,232,000 | -64% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £34,598,000 | £38,676,000 | £38,238,000 | -1.1% | |
| Net assets | £31,496,000 | £36,410,000 | £36,457,000 | +0.1% | |
| Equity | £31,496,000 | £36,410,000 | £36,457,000 | +0.1% | |
| Average employees | 848 | 780 | 762 | -2.3% | |
| Wages | £19,599,000 | £19,760,000 | £20,671,000 | +4.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £675,000 | £703,000 | £744,000 | +5.8% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.4% | 5.7% | 0.8% | |
| Net margin | 3.6% | 3.6% | 0.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 21.5% | 20.0% | 2.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 44.7% | 40.7% | 34.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.79x | 1.85x | 2.22x | |
| Interest cover | 7.42x | 8.62x | 1.26x |
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 MANUFACTURING LIMITED 2018-12-31 → present
- BROWN BROTHERS (MANUFACTURING) LIMITED 1987-10-13 → 2018-12-31
- SALEALE LIMITED 1987-07-20 → 1987-10-13
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Johnston Carmichael LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue”
Group structure
- BROWNS MANUFACTURING LIMITED · parent
- Belcher (Holdings) Limited 100%
- Fenton Barns (Manufacturing) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The Company continues to carry out research and development activities into new product areas”
- “A cross corporate guarantee is in place between BFG (Holdings) Limited, Browns Food Group Limited, Browns Manufacturing Limited, Lairds Foods Limited, Halls Direct Limited, Quality Pork Processors Limited, John Robertson & Sons Hamcurers Limited and Robertson Fine Foods Limited in respect of bank borrowings At 31 December 2025, the value of such facilities utilised elsewhere in the Group was £3,241k”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FROWD, Bridget Louise | Director | 2013-09-04 | Jan 1985 | British |
| GODFREY, Lee | Director | 2007-07-02 | Nov 1974 | British |
| GODFREY, Wayne | Director | — | Oct 1971 | British |
| SUTHERLAND, Darren | Director | 2007-07-02 | Nov 1972 | British |
| WOOD, Thomas | Director | 2024-01-08 | Sep 1964 | British |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GODFREY, Susan Mary | Secretary | — | 2018-06-11 |
| BARRATT, Andrew John | Director | 2001-09-01 | 2003-10-03 |
| BOWIE, Allan Russell | Director | 2022-06-06 | 2023-11-30 |
| CLARK, Nicholas Rodger | Director | 2020-11-02 | 2022-06-03 |
| CROOK, Howard James | Director | 2007-07-02 | 2010-01-01 |
| GODFREY, Martyn | Director | 1989-08-21 | 2010-08-02 |
| GODFREY, Susan Mary | Director | — | 2018-06-11 |
| HILL, Alan George | Director | 2015-07-16 | 2015-07-16 |
| HILL, Alan George | Director | 2013-09-03 | 2020-11-06 |
| HUTCHESON, William Scott | Director | 1997-01-14 | 2004-12-31 |
| LOWE, Willaim | Director | 2002-02-01 | 2007-06-29 |
| ODELL, Wilma Janice Clark | Director | 1997-06-10 | 1999-04-02 |
| RUTHERFORD, David | Director | 2004-12-31 | 2008-11-30 |
| SHANNON, Neil Cameron | Director | 1994-07-19 | 2014-01-31 |
| SIMMONDS, Andrew Roger | Director | 1997-06-10 | 2008-07-30 |
| WILSON, Colin Graham | Director | 1999-11-02 | 2001-07-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Browns Food Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 163 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-27 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-01-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-02-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-06-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-12-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-12-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-11-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
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.