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Next accounts due
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-10 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-02-24
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£24M
+13.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£67M
-3% vs 2024
Employees
832
+6.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£51M
+2.4% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Unclassified median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £114,304,000 | £126,654,000 | |
| Operating profit | £49,351,000 | £50,693,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £50,225,000 | £51,409,000 | |
| Net profit | £6,575,000 | £6,591,000 | |
| Cash | £20,903,000 | £23,681,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £76,096,000 | £75,409,000 | |
| Net assets | £68,967,000 | £66,909,000 | |
| Equity | £68,967,000 | £66,909,000 | |
| Average employees | 780 | 832 | |
| Wages | £33,923,000 | £39,742,000 |
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 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 43.2% | 40.0% | |
| Net margin | 5.8% | 5.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 64.9% | 67.2% | |
| Current ratio | 5.62x | 4.74x | |
| Interest cover | 5483.44x | 5069.30x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Trading projections, with specific focus on cashflow, have been prepared for the 15 months following the year end to July 2026 that take account of reasonable possible changes in trading performance. These detailed projections demonstrate that the LLP expects to be able to operate within its available financial facilities for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- BRODIES LLP · parent
- Brodies Management Services Limited 100%
- Brodies Pension Trustees Limited 100%
- Brodies & Co (Trustees) Limited
- Brodies Nominees Limited
- DWS Trustees Limited
- Brodies Middle East LLP
Significant events
- “The 2024/25 financial year saw the war in Ukraine continue, as well as ongoing conflict in the Middle East. The historically high levels of UK inflation subsided, and interest rates began to fall to more normal levels. The economy moved by small fractions of percentages either side of a flat performance.”
- “This year saw the commencement of the first year of our 2024-27 strategic plan.”
- “In 2026, Brodies LLP will be the host firm for the International TerraLex conference in Edinburgh.”
- “On legal technology, the firm has tested, evaluated and implemented a variety of tools, including AI products.”
- “In 2024, the firm's colleagues elected to support CHAS as its chosen charity until 2027. Furthermore, launched in 2024, Brodies' pro-bono programme offers services to six charities.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
100 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABRAMS, Helen Cecilia | Llp Designated Member | 2016-05-01 | May 1976 | — |
| AKINTEWE, Andrew | Llp Designated Member | 2013-05-01 | Jul 1974 | — |
| ARNOTT, David Scott | Llp Designated Member | 2016-08-01 | Aug 1968 | — |
| ASKEW BLAIN, Andrew John | Llp Designated Member | 2025-05-01 | Aug 1988 | — |
| BALES, David | Llp Designated Member | 2026-05-01 | Mar 1990 | — |
| BARNES, Lucie Joanna Ruth | Llp Designated Member | 2022-05-01 | Dec 1982 | — |
| BARR, Alan Roderic | Llp Designated Member | 2004-02-24 | Mar 1958 | — |
| BARTON, William Alexander | Llp Designated Member | 2025-12-01 | May 1964 | — |
| BATCHELOR, Susanne Nicola | Llp Designated Member | 2009-05-01 | May 1974 | — |
| BAYNE, Juliet Miranda Lomax | Llp Designated Member | 2011-10-25 | Apr 1974 | — |
| BONE, Clare Jane | Llp Designated Member | 2022-09-05 | Sep 1973 | — |
| BOULTON-JONES, Thomas Owen | Llp Designated Member | 2015-05-01 | Jul 1974 | — |
| BRADING, Peter Edward | Llp Designated Member | 2025-05-01 | Sep 1983 | — |
| BRYCE, Alison Helen | Llp Designated Member | 2023-08-07 | Aug 1974 | — |
| BUCHAN, Alexander Dalrymple Stewart | Llp Designated Member | 2008-05-01 | Feb 1969 | — |
| BURGESS, Neil Ross | Llp Designated Member | 2013-07-22 | Mar 1971 | — |
| CAIRNS, Allan Steven | Llp Designated Member | 2021-05-01 | Dec 1980 | — |
| CAMPBELL, Grant Stewart | Llp Designated Member | 2004-02-24 | May 1968 | — |
| CATHIE, Duncan Craig | Llp Designated Member | 2025-05-01 | Jul 1987 | — |
| COLLAR, Neil Andrew | Llp Designated Member | 2004-02-24 | Mar 1967 | — |
| DAVIDSON, Karen Jane | Llp Designated Member | 2018-09-10 | Feb 1973 | — |
| DOUGLAS, Laurence William | Llp Designated Member | 2015-05-01 | Apr 1973 | — |
| DUFF, Christopher William | Llp Designated Member | 2019-05-01 | Nov 1985 | — |
| EWAN, Martin William | Llp Designated Member | 2021-05-01 | Apr 1975 | — |
| FARQUHARSON-BLACK, Elaine Innes | Llp Designated Member | 2019-04-08 | Mar 1968 | — |
| FARRELL, Matthew | Llp Designated Member | 2015-05-01 | Jan 1981 | — |
| FLOWERDEW, Jessica Kate | Llp Designated Member | 2023-08-01 | Oct 1988 | — |
| FORBES, Rory Alasdair Gordon | Llp Designated Member | 2026-05-06 | Nov 1989 | — |
| FORD, David Allan | Llp Designated Member | 2026-05-06 | Mar 1993 | — |
| FORREST, Carly Louise | Llp Designated Member | 2020-05-01 | Dec 1978 | — |
| GEORGE, Owen Daniel | Llp Designated Member | 2023-05-01 | Sep 1985 | — |
| GIBSON, Stewart | Llp Designated Member | 2025-05-01 | Apr 1990 | — |
| GIRDWOOD, Lisa Anne Irvine | Llp Designated Member | 2015-06-01 | May 1963 | — |
| GOLDIE, Stephen Malcolm | Llp Designated Member | 2007-05-01 | May 1974 | — |
| GOULD, Leigh | Llp Designated Member | 2019-05-01 | Sep 1977 | — |
| GUNNYEON, Malcolm John | Llp Designated Member | 2022-10-03 | Apr 1978 | — |
| HADDEN, Anthony Archibald | Llp Designated Member | 2007-05-01 | Jul 1974 | — |
| HALE, Gareth Jonathan | Llp Designated Member | 2021-05-01 | Feb 1981 | — |
| HAMILTON, Karen Lesley | Llp Designated Member | 2008-05-01 | Jul 1972 | — |
| HAY, Neil David | Llp Designated Member | 2026-03-02 | Aug 1970 | — |
| HERRELL, Fiona Jane | Llp Designated Member | 2019-05-01 | Nov 1982 | — |
| HUNTER, Philip John | Llp Designated Member | 2008-05-01 | Dec 1976 | — |
| JONES, Antony Gerald Morrell | Llp Designated Member | 2018-07-02 | May 1966 | — |
| KEENAN, Colin Christopher | Llp Designated Member | 2021-05-01 | Nov 1961 | — |
| KELLY, Peter Robert | Llp Designated Member | 2007-12-14 | Nov 1970 | — |
| KENNEDY, Norman | Llp Designated Member | 2014-04-01 | Jun 1969 | — |
| KNOWLES, Alan Keith | Llp Designated Member | 2006-05-01 | Apr 1970 | — |
| LANGRIDGE, Robert Matthew | Llp Designated Member | 2022-05-01 | Jan 1983 | — |
| LEITH, Graeme William | Llp Designated Member | 2019-05-01 | Feb 1976 | — |
| LIGHTBODY, David James | Llp Designated Member | 2018-05-01 | Aug 1983 | — |
| LILLEY, Sarah Ann | Llp Designated Member | 2022-05-01 | Jun 1983 | — |
| LIVINGSTONE, Charles David | Llp Designated Member | 2015-05-01 | Jul 1979 | — |
| LOGAN, Scott Alexander | Llp Designated Member | 2024-05-01 | Jan 1977 | — |
| MACINNES, Marion Ann | Llp Designated Member | 2015-05-01 | Aug 1981 | — |
| MACKAY, Malcolm Peter Miller | Llp Designated Member | 2011-04-30 | May 1976 | — |
| MACLEAN, Alexander Duncan | Llp Designated Member | 2004-10-04 | Feb 1966 | — |
| MACLEOD, Graeme Bruce | Llp Designated Member | 2025-10-01 | Feb 1978 | — |
| MACLEOD, Tanya Jane | Llp Designated Member | 2014-05-01 | Feb 1970 | — |
| MACPHERSON, Kirsty Louise | Llp Designated Member | 2015-03-02 | Sep 1967 | — |
| MARR, Lynne Anne | Llp Designated Member | 2008-05-01 | Jul 1974 | — |
| MARSHALL, John Paul | Llp Designated Member | 2014-05-01 | Jan 1979 | — |
| MARSHALL, Nicholas Jonathan | Llp Designated Member | 2021-05-01 | Aug 1983 | — |
| MATHESON, Alisdair Stuart | Llp Designated Member | 2013-07-01 | May 1973 | — |
| MAY, Greg | Llp Designated Member | 2011-04-21 | Dec 1966 | — |
| MCARTHUR, Sarah-Jane | Llp Designated Member | 2016-05-01 | Feb 1980 | — |
| MCCANN, Lucy Jane | Llp Designated Member | 2019-05-01 | Jan 1983 | — |
| MCCULLOCH, Angela Dale | Llp Designated Member | 2018-05-01 | Oct 1982 | — |
| MCDAID, Christopher | Llp Designated Member | 2015-05-01 | Sep 1978 | — |
| MCFARLANE, Rhona Margaret | Llp Designated Member | 2019-09-30 | Apr 1981 | — |
| MCILROY, Elaine Christina | Llp Designated Member | 2019-08-08 | Jan 1976 | — |
| MCINTOSH, William Alexander | Llp Designated Member | 2010-03-22 | Dec 1968 | — |
| MCLAUGHLIN, Paul William | Llp Designated Member | 2017-05-01 | Jul 1979 | — |
| MCLEAN, Niall | Llp Designated Member | 2020-05-01 | Aug 1983 | — |
| MCLEISH, Kathryn Ann | Llp Designated Member | 2020-05-01 | Jun 1985 | — |
| MCLEOD, Fiona | Llp Designated Member | 2025-05-01 | Apr 1984 | — |
| MCMILLAN, Laura Ruth | Llp Designated Member | 2017-11-01 | Aug 1977 | — |
| MCMONAGLE, Jane Claire | Llp Designated Member | 2018-05-01 | Feb 1980 | — |
| MEIKLEJOHN, Mark James | Llp Designated Member | 2021-05-01 | Mar 1985 | — |
| MENZIES, Tracey Jayne Houston | Llp Designated Member | 2013-03-01 | Mar 1970 | — |
| MILLAR, David Mitchell | Llp Designated Member | 2021-05-01 | Mar 1978 | — |
| MILNE, Kirsteen Elizabeth | Llp Designated Member | 2024-05-01 | Sep 1979 | — |
| MOIR, Jack | Llp Designated Member | 2020-05-01 | Apr 1982 | — |
| MONTEITH, Jenna Alison | Llp Designated Member | 2026-05-06 | Apr 1986 | — |
| MORRISON, Colin James | Llp Designated Member | 2004-02-24 | Sep 1970 | — |
| MOUNTAIN, Susannah Elizabeth | Llp Designated Member | 2022-05-01 | Oct 1984 | — |
| MUNRO, Clare | Llp Designated Member | 2011-05-01 | Nov 1970 | — |
| MURRAY, Johane Macmillan | Llp Designated Member | 2006-05-01 | Nov 1970 | — |
| MURRAY, Stuart John | Llp Designated Member | 2022-05-01 | Oct 1983 | — |
| NOLAN, Andrew William | Llp Designated Member | 2020-05-01 | Nov 1980 | — |
| O'NEILL, Christine Mary | Llp Designated Member | 2004-11-01 | Apr 1974 | — |
| OYSTON, Jared Robert | Llp Designated Member | 2020-05-01 | Feb 1981 | — |
| PAIRMAN, Amy Louise | Llp Designated Member | 2025-05-01 | Nov 1990 | — |
| PATTERSON, Keith Leslie | Llp Designated Member | 2004-02-24 | Sep 1966 | — |
| PETRIE, Laura Marie | Llp Designated Member | 2023-05-01 | Jul 1981 | — |
| PETTERSON, Elaine Claire | Llp Designated Member | 2018-05-01 | May 1982 | — |
| PHILLIPS, Clive | Llp Designated Member | 2011-12-19 | Sep 1965 | — |
| PIKE, Emily Anais | Llp Designated Member | 2024-04-15 | Oct 1983 | — |
| PIKE, Richard John | Llp Designated Member | 2024-05-23 | Dec 1982 | — |
| PINKERTON, Kenneth James | Llp Designated Member | 2022-05-01 | Sep 1969 | — |
| QUIGG, Manus Martin | Llp Designated Member | 2010-05-01 | Apr 1969 | — |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 505 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-11 | LLAP01 | officers | Appoint person member limited liability partnership with appointment date | |
| 2026-05-11 | LLAP01 | officers | Appoint person member limited liability partnership with appointment date | |
| 2026-05-11 | LLAP01 | officers | Appoint person member limited liability partnership with appointment date | |
| 2026-05-11 | LLAP01 | officers | Appoint person member limited liability partnership with appointment date | |
| 2026-05-11 | LLAP01 | officers | Appoint person member limited liability partnership with appointment date | |
| 2026-05-01 | LLAP01 | officers | Appoint person member limited liability partnership with appointment date | |
| 2026-04-30 | LLTM01 | officers | Termination member limited liability partnership with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-30 | LLTM01 | officers | Termination member limited liability partnership with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-30 | LLTM01 | officers | Termination member limited liability partnership with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-30 | LLCS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-30 | RP04LLAP01 | officers | Second filing of member appointment with name | |
| 2026-03-30 | RP04LLAP01 | officers | Second filing of member appointment with name | |
| 2026-03-04 | LLAP01 | officers | Appoint person member limited liability partnership with appointment date | |
| 2026-02-27 | LLCH01 | officers | Change person member limited liability partnership with name change date | |
| 2026-02-20 | LLCH01 | officers | Change person member limited liability partnership with name change date | |
| 2025-12-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-12-09 | LLAP01 | officers | Appoint person member limited liability partnership with appointment date | |
| 2025-11-14 | LLAP01 | officers | Appoint person member limited liability partnership with appointment date | |
| 2025-11-13 | LLCH01 | officers | Change person member limited liability partnership with name change date | |
| 2025-10-01 | LLAP01 | officers | Appoint person member limited liability partnership with appointment date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 20
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 13
- 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 2025-04-30 vs 2024-04-30
-
Turnover
+10.8%
£114,304,000 £126,654,000
-
Cash
+13.3%
£20,903,000 £23,681,000
-
Net assets
-3%
£68,967,000 £66,909,000
-
Employees
+6.7%
780 832
-
Operating profit
+2.7%
£49,351,000 £50,693,000
-
Profit before tax
+2.4%
£50,225,000 £51,409,000
-
Wages
+17.2%
£33,923,000 £39,742,000
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