KNIGHTS BROWN CONSTRUCTION LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-20 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-06
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£13M
+196% vs 2024
Net assets
£17M
+20.8% vs 2024
Employees
302
-1.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£4M
+84.5% vs 2024
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
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £101,508,000 | £116,418,000 | |
| Operating profit | £2,072,000 | £3,838,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,100,000 | £3,875,000 | |
| Net profit | £1,853,000 | £3,638,000 | |
| Cash | £4,433,000 | £13,121,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £14,886,000 | £17,634,000 | |
| Net assets | £13,865,000 | £16,748,000 | |
| Equity | £13,865,000 | £16,748,000 | |
| Average employees | 306 | 302 | |
| Wages | £16,903,000 | £17,743,000 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.0% | 3.3% | |
| Net margin | 1.8% | 3.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 13.9% | 21.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.54x | 1.46x | |
| Interest cover | 39.09x | 73.81x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- 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
- “There have been no significant events affecting the Company since the year end.”
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 195 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 2021-02-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-11-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+14.7%
£101,508,000 £116,418,000
-
Cash
+196%
£4,433,000 £13,121,000
-
Net assets
+20.8%
£13,865,000 £16,748,000
-
Employees
-1.3%
306 302
-
Operating profit
+85.2%
£2,072,000 £3,838,000
-
Profit before tax
+84.5%
£2,100,000 £3,875,000
-
Wages
+5%
£16,903,000 £17,743,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers