BRAVESHIRE LIMITED

Active
Company number 01634730Private limited companyIncorporated 1982

Key figures

£138,819,000
Net assets 2023/24

† BRAVESHIRE LIMITED filed these accounts on paper, so Companies House publishes them only as a scanned image. The figures for the years marked † were read automatically from the scan and kept only where the statements add up (for example net assets equal total equity), but a reading error is still possible — check the original accounts at Companies House.

Ratios

2023/24

Sector comparison

SIC 13950

Where the company stands among the 140 active companies whose first SIC code is 13950 (Manufacture of non-wovens and articles made from non-wovens, except apparel).

Net assets£138,819,000
Higher than 97% · median £78,729
Total assets£143,226,000
Higher than 97% · median £211,268
Employees315
Higher than 98% · median 2
Company age44.5 years
Older than 95% · median 7.1 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. BRAVESHIRE LIMITED£138.8m
  2. AHLSTROM CHIRNSIDE LIMITED£33.2m
  3. FIBERWEB GEOSYNTHETICS LIMITED£23.1m
  4. NICE-PAK INTERNATIONAL LIMITED£20.3m
  5. ROCKLINE INDUSTRIES LIMITED£18m
  6. BFF NONWOVENS LIMITED£10.3m
  7. TEXON NON WOVEN LTD£10m
  8. LANTOR (UK) LIMITED£9.1m
  9. SAUL D HARRISON & SONS PLC£5.9m
  10. LYDALL INDUSTRIAL FILTRATION TEXTILE MANUFACTURING (EMEA) LIMITED£5m

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 140. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: BRAVESHIRE LIMITED

What kind of company is it?

BRAVESHIRE LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 01634730. It was incorporated on 11 May 1982. Its status is active. The registered office is in Wakefield (WF1). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is manufacture of non-wovens and articles made from non-wovens, except apparel (13950).

How is the company doing financially?

The latest accounts in the database are for 2023/24 (period ending 30 Jun 2024); the company files group accounts. Turnover was £68,106,000. Profit for the year was £76,785,000. Net assets were £138,819,000. Total assets were £143,226,000 and total liabilities £6,193,000. The company had an average of 315 employees.

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 140 active companies whose first SIC code is 13950: By net assets it ranks higher than 97% of them (median £78,729). By total assets it ranks higher than 97% of them (median £211,268). By number of employees it ranks higher than 98% of them (median 2). It is older than 95% of them (median age 7.1 years).

What do public registers and reports show?

HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly man-made staple fibres, plastics, machinery. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly plastics, carpets, other textile articles. It has a modern slavery statement on the government registry.

Who runs and controls the company?

2 persons with significant control are registered.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 31 Mar 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 21 Mar 2027.

Filed accounts2023/24
2023/24 †
Turnover68,106,000
Profit for the year76,785,000
Total assets143,226,000
Total liabilities6,193,000
Net assets / total equity138,819,000
Average number of employees315

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.

Statutory reporting

Modern slavery statements1
2021
Statement · summary on GOV.UK

Figures the company reported itself to the government's Check payment practices service, Gender pay gap service and Modern slavery statement registry (Open Government Licence v3.0). Only large companies and employers with 250 or more staff have to report, so most companies have nothing here.

Registers and licences

International trade‡

Listed by HMRC as an importer of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: man-made staple fibres, plastics, machinery, wadding, felt and rope and man-made filaments.

Listed by HMRC as an exporter of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: plastics, carpets, other textile articles, coated textiles and wadding, felt and rope.

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

5 events
  1. Financial year endedAccounts filed at Companies House
  2. Financial year 2023/24 endedAccounts: turnover £68.1m, net assets £138.8m, 315 employees
  3. Ann Rawson registered as a person with significant control
  4. Mr Hector Elsworth Rawson registered as a person with significant control
  5. 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.