BRAY AND SLAUGHTER LIMITED

Active
Company number 00286527Private limited companyIncorporated 1934

Key figures

£1,738,248+9.4%
Net assets 2025/26
+11.3%
Average annual growth 2020/21–2025/26
0500 k1 m1.5 m2 m2020/212021/222022/232023/242024/252025/26

BRAY AND SLAUGHTER LIMITED does not disclose its turnover in its latest accounts; the profit for the year is as stated in the accounts.

Ratios

2025/26

Sector comparison

SIC 41201

Where the company stands among the 33,180 active companies whose first SIC code is 41201 (Construction of commercial buildings).

Net assets£1,738,248
Higher than 95% · median £11,715
Total assets£4,831,591
Higher than 95% · median £50,652
Cash£1,414,578
Higher than 93% · median £20,599
Employees26
Higher than 97% · median 1
Company age92.6 years
Older than 99% · median 4.6 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. BARRATT REDROW PLC£7.9bn
  2. BDW TRADING LIMITED£3.9bn
  3. MILLER HOMES LIMITED£1.3bn
  4. MOBAY AND COMPANY LIMITED£440.4m
  5. CANARY WHARF RETAIL FINANCE LIMITED£327.9m
  6. MORGAN SINDALL CONSTRUCTION & INFRASTRUCTURE LTD£306.2m
  7. WATKIN JONES & SON LIMITED£247.6m
  8. KIER CONSTRUCTION LIMITED£215.7m
  9. SPRINGFIELD PROPERTIES PLC£179m
  10. OVERBURY PLC£176.2m

Positions are approximate. Figures come from each company's latest accounts; money and employee figures are compared only with companies that filed accounts in pounds for a period ending in the last two and a half years and are not dormant, so those groups are smaller than 33,180. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: BRAY AND SLAUGHTER LIMITED

What kind of company is it?

BRAY AND SLAUGHTER LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 00286527. It was incorporated on 5 Apr 1934. Its status is active. The registered office is in Bristol (BS3). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is construction of commercial buildings (41201).

How is the company doing financially?

The latest accounts in the database are for 2025/26 (period ending 31 Mar 2026); the company files small company accounts (filleted). Profit for the year was £148,882. Net assets were £1,738,248, up 9.4% on the previous year. Cash at bank and in hand was £1,414,578. The company had an average of 26 employees. Figures are available for 6 financial years (2020/21–2025/26).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 33,180 active companies whose first SIC code is 41201: By net assets it ranks higher than 95% of them (median £11,715). By total assets it ranks higher than 95% of them (median £50,652). By cash it ranks higher than 93% of them (median £20,599). By number of employees it ranks higher than 97% of them (median 1). It is older than 99% of them (median age 4.6 years).

Does it supply the public sector?

The company is named as a supplier in 13 public contract award notices from 10 public sector buyers since 2017. Contracts awarded to it alone have a combined published value of £38.6m. Its most frequent buyer is WESTWORKS PROCUREMENT LIMITED (2 contracts). 2 of the awards are shared with other suppliers, typically framework agreements. It is recorded as the recipient of one central government grant worth £46.5k, from Department for Education.

What do public registers and reports show?

HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly plastics.

Who runs and controls the company?

The company has 1 current director. 2 persons with significant control are registered.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 31 Dec 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 14 Sep 2027.

Filed accounts2020/21–2025/26
2021/222022/232023/242024/252025/26
Profit for the year——3,655269,647148,882
Cash at bank and in hand1,593,0691,504,366919,6781,334,0361,414,578
Total assets4,592,0673,652,0351,867,8243,025,8464,831,591
Total liabilities—————
Net assets / total equity1,144,5851,316,0641,319,7191,589,3661,738,248
Average number of employees2123242126

A dash (—) means no accounts were filed for that year or the item is not in the accounts; 0 is a zero stated in the accounts. Small companies usually file only a balance sheet, so the profit and loss account is often missing.

Public contracts

13 contracts

BRAY AND SLAUGHTER LIMITED is named as a supplier in 13 public contract award notices from 10 public sector buyers since 2017. The 11 contracts awarded to it alone with a published value add up to £38.6m. 2 awards are shared with other suppliers and not counted in that total.

Contracts per year
Main buyers10
WESTWORKS PROCUREMENT LIMITED
2 contracts · £14.6m
University Of The West Of England
2 contracts · £2.1m
University of Bath
2 contracts · £2m
CARDIFF UNIVERSITY
1 contract · £12.4m
Bristol City Council
1 contract · £5.3m
Contracts
  1. Malmesbury Primary School Academy Trust - Malmesbury Primary School extensionWESTWORKS PROCUREMENT LIMITED · £6,632,239 · runs until Mar 2028
  2. Digarbon Contractor (PCSA)CARDIFF UNIVERSITY · £12,368,680 · 2 lots · runs until Jan 2028
  3. Bristol City Council - Filwood Community CentreWESTWORKS PROCUREMENT LIMITED · £8,000,000
  4. National Framework for Medium Works 23‡The Education Alliance · shared by 60 suppliers, up to £390,000,000 in total
  5. BSH/CEN/601 Whitchurch Lane - Construction of light industrial units‡Bristol City Council · £5,279,682
Show 8 more
  1. Fit-out works, Sovereign Centre, Weston super Mare‡North Somerset Council · £1,450,000
  2. General Building Works‡Bath and North East Somerset Council · shared by 7 suppliers, up to £2,000,000 in total
  3. Refurbishment of Goldney Hall Social SpaceUniversity of Bristol · £667,612
  4. GB-Bristol: Newlands Farm Refurbishment‡University of Bath · £1,010,859
  5. GB-Bath: Polden Cafe and Accommodation Office Fit Out‡University of Bath · £996,297
  6. Accomodation RefurbishmentUniversity Of The West Of England · £1,087,735
  7. CA3986 - Radiology Department Enabling Works‡Royal United Hospital Bath NHS Trust · £100,000
  8. Refurbishment‡University Of The West Of England · £1,024,683

From contract award notices on Contracts Finder (since 2016) and Find a Tender (since 2021), published by the Cabinet Office under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Values are as published by the buyer and usually cover the whole contract term; the total leaves out awards shared between several suppliers, where the published figure is a ceiling for all of them, placeholder values and single figures of £1 billion or more. Notices marked ‡ do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name. Contracts below the publication thresholds and those of devolved buyers that publish elsewhere are not included.

Government grants

1 grant

BRAY AND SLAUGHTER LIMITED is recorded as the recipient of 1 central government grant, worth £46.5k.

Grant
  1. Priority Schools Building Programme 2Department for Education · £46,479

From the Government Grants Register published by the Cabinet Office (financial years 2016/17 onwards, Open Government Licence v3.0). It covers grants from central government departments and their agencies where the register states the recipient's company number and the recipient name matches this company; grants from local authorities, lottery distributors and devolved governments are not included.

Registers and licences

International trade‡

Listed by HMRC as an importer of goods in 1 of the last 12 months on record, most recently November 2025. Main goods: plastics.

From HMRC's monthly lists of importers and exporters. Traders can ask to be left off the lists, so absence does not mean a company does not trade.

Sources: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Care Quality Commission, Home Office and HM Revenue & Customs, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Entries marked ‡ come from lists that do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name.

History

30 events
  1. Financial year 2025/26 endedAccounts: net assets £1.7m, 26 employees
  2. Financial year 2024/25 endedAccounts: net assets £1.6m, 21 employees
  3. Financial year 2023/24 endedAccounts: net assets £1.3m, 24 employees
  4. Financial year 2022/23 endedAccounts: net assets £1.3m, 23 employees
  5. Financial year 2021/22 endedAccounts: net assets £1.1m, 21 employees
  6. Matthew James COOPER resignedDirector
  7. Financial year 2020/21 endedAccounts: net assets £1m, 27 employees
  8. Joseph Colin PAYNE resignedDirector
Earlier events (22)
  1. Neale Anthony MUNRO resignedDirector
  2. Julia TROW resignedDirector
  3. Lawrence SLADE resignedDirector
  4. Neale Anthony MUNRO appointedDirector
  5. Mr Grant Martin Jefferies registered as a person with significant control
  6. Mr Joseph Colin Payne registered as a person with significant control
  7. Susan Carol WEBBER resignedSecretary
  8. Matthew James COOPER appointedDirector
  9. Julia TROW appointedDirector
  10. Clive Robert HOUGHTON resignedDirector
  11. Lawrence SLADE appointedDirector
  12. James GOODHIND resignedDirector
  13. Andrew David IFOLD resignedDirector
  14. Grant Martin JEFFERIES appointedDirector
  15. Clive Robert HOUGHTON appointedDirector
  16. Joseph Colin PAYNE appointedDirector
  17. John EDWARDS resignedDirector
  18. Patrick IFOLD resignedDirector
  19. James GOODHIND resignedSecretary
  20. Susan Carol WEBBER appointedSecretary
  21. Andrew David IFOLD appointedDirector
  22. Company incorporatedPrivate limited company

Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database. Former persons with significant control are not listed.