BRI-STOR SYSTEMS LIMITED
Company number 01680405 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
BRI-STOR Systems Limited is a well-established leader in the UK vehicle conversion and van racking niche, with turnover of £56.6m placing it well above typical SME benchmarks for the fabricated metal products sector. The company demonstrates strong financial health: robust profitability, a dramatically strengthened cash position (£7.8m, up from £0.6m three years prior), and conservative gearing that provides significant strategic optionality. While slight margin compression and the inherent cyclicality of the commercial vehicle market present ongoing challenges, the business's specialist positioning, group structure support, and investment in R&D position it favourably against both current competitors and the structural shift towards fleet electrification.
Shareholders' funds
£12,589,369
Balance sheet as at 2025-12-31
What it does
The principal activity of the company continued to be that of purveyors of handling and storage equipment.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1982-11-22
- Employees
- 295 (2025 accounts · was 275 in 2024)
- Registered office
- Church Lane, Hixon, Stafford, Staffordshire, ST18 0PS
- Postcode
- ST18 0PS
- Capital
- 50,130 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 1 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-07-06
- Next due by
- 2027-07-20
Nature of business (SIC)
- 25990 Manufacture of other fabricated metal products not elsewhere classified
Officers 9 current · 13 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by THE HEX GROUP OF COMPANIES LIMITED — since 2024-01-02
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Public contracts won 1
£103,688 total awarded value where published.
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Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z2946625 (Tier 3), registered since 2012.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Gender pay gap
6.4%
Women's median hourly pay above men's, 2025/26 · around the middle of the pack for parity
Contact details
- Website
- bri-stor.co.uk
- Phone
- 01889271202
Bri-Stor are vehicle conversion specialists. Operating for more than 35 years, we provide high quality van racking and vehicle conversions.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| EXTRAZENITH LIMITED | 1983-05-23 |
Previous registered addresses 3
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| CHURCH LANE, HIXON, STAFFORD, STAFFORDSHIRE, ST18 0PF | 2008-07-01 |
| UNIT 15A, HIXON AIRFIELD ESTATE, HIXON, STAFFORD ST18 0PF | 2007-03-31 |
| UNIT 17D, HIXON AIRFIELD ESTATE, HIXON, STAFFORD ST18 0PF | 1992-02-15 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 85 similar companies in ST
The largest employer among its local peers (295 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1982.
Competitors Stoke-On-Trent
This company ranks 1 among manufacture of other fabricated metal products not elsewhere classified in Stoke-On-Trent.
The class of 1982
53%
of the 12,655 companies incorporated in 1982 are still active today; 39% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.