Browns Distribution Services

Freight transport by road · Stoke On Trent, West Midlands

Browns Distribution Services

Browns Distribution Services Limited

Photo: brownsdistribution.co.uk · © Browns Distribution Services
ActiveLatest figures: 2025Company only61 years on the register

Private limited company registered in Stoke On Trent, classed under “Freight transport by road” and 2 other activities.

Headline figures

FY to Apr 2025 · Company only

Turnover

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Profit after tax

£764k

Net assets

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Cash

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Employees

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Retained reserves

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What the numbers say

4 findings from the figures, in plain English

Written by rules from the figures on this page. Not a forecast or a credit opinion.

History

Pro
£20212022202320242025
Profit after tax£764k
Turnover
Net assets
Cash
Employees
Retained reserves
Dividends paid

Every figure for all 5 years

“—” means we did not find the figure in a source; it is never filled with an estimate.

Balance sheet and ratios

From the filed balance sheets · £

Balance sheet2022202320242025
Fixed assets
Current assets
of which debtors
of which cash
Creditors due within a year
Net current assets
Creditors due after a year
Net assets
Ratios
Profit marginProfit after tax as a share of turnover
Return on equityProfit after tax as a share of net assets
Dividends to profitDividends paid as a share of profit after tax, in a year with a profit
Current ratioCurrent assets for every £1 owed within a year
Cash ratioCash for every £1 owed within a year
Creditors to assetsEverything owed to creditors as a share of fixed plus current assets
Turnover per employeeTurnover divided by average staff
Debtor daysDays of turnover owed by customers at the year end

8 balance-sheet lines and 8 ratios, every year

A ratio appears only for years where every line it needs was filed. Lines are as tagged in the accounts; nothing is added up or estimated.

Timeline

Checked 2026-10-12

  1. Directors
    Appointment of Mr Graham Pearson as a secretary on 27 July 2026
  2. Directors
    Termination of appointment of Christopher Robinson as a secretary on 30 March 2026
  3. Accounts
    Full accounts made up to 30 April 2025
  4. Ownership
    Change of details for Browns Commercial Holdings Ltd as a person with significant control on 23 February 2023
  5. Accounts
    Full accounts made up to 30 April 2024
  6. Directors
    Appointment of Mr Christopher Robinson as a secretary on 31 July 2024
  7. Directors
    Termination of appointment of David Grocott as a secretary on 31 July 2024
  8. Directors
    Secretary's details changed for Mr David Grocott on 21 March 2024
  9. Accounts
    Full accounts made up to 30 April 2023
  10. Address
    Registered office address changed from Ravensdale Tunstall Stoke on Trent Staffordshire ST6 4NU to Distribution House Chemical Lane East Stoke on Trent Staffordshire ST6 4FB on …
  11. Accounts
    Full accounts made up to 30 April 2022
  12. Accounts
    Full accounts made up to 30 April 2021
  13. 1 earlier
    1. Directors
      Director's details changed for Mr David Albert James Brown on 13 January 2021

From the Companies House filing history. Routine confirmation statements are left out, and a run of the same filing is shown once.

Questions people ask

›What does Browns Distribution Services do?

Private limited company registered in Stoke On Trent, classed under “Freight transport by road” and 2 other activities. In its own words: “Reliable palletised freight delivery and warehousing across the UK. Based in Staffordshire, trusted by businesses nationwide for over 70 years.”

›How much turnover does Browns Distribution Services make?

Answered in the full report

›Is Browns Distribution Services profitable?

Yes: it made a profit after tax of £764k in the year to 30 April 2025, its latest filed accounts.

›How many people work at Browns Distribution Services?

Answered in the full report

›Who runs and owns Browns Distribution Services?

Answered in the full report

›Where is Browns Distribution Services based?

Its registered office is Distribution House, Chemical Lane East, Stoke On Trent, Staffordshire, ST6 4FB, in Stoke On Trent, West Midlands.

›When was Browns Distribution Services founded?

Browns Distribution Services Limited was incorporated on 25 February 1965.

›Is Browns Distribution Services still trading?

The register lists Browns Distribution Services Limited as active.