Carpet manufacturer Brintons has reported a slight decline in turnover and profit but delivered a ‘solid performance’ against challenging conditions.

According to its latest filed accounts for the year ended 4 October 2025, total sales fell 1.2% to £72.4m from £73.3m in 2024.

EBITDA stood at £10.4m, down from £10.6m, while pre-tax profit resulted at £5.1m, down from £6.2m recorded in the previous year.

Stated within its report, the company said: “A solid year performance against a challenging macro-economic environment and the impact of the new Administrations’ economic strategy in the US. The introduction, and early day management, of tariffs into our largest market, North America, caused concern and instability across our customer base resulting in a fragmented order pattern as customers took stock of their overall new build and refurbishment plans.

“Furthermore, we experienced a continued weakness in the US$ and Australian $, impacting revenues and earnings as they are translated back into Sterling. Conversely, after a difficult 2024, the Polish Zloty strengthened, and whilst this positively impacted revenues, it negatively impacted our manufacturing cost base.

“However, this was offset in part by the weakening of the Indian rupee. General inflation, particularly in Europe, fell, but remained higher than the recent historical average, although on a more positive note, bank interest base rates began to lower across our key markets.

“The business continues to focus on its core proposition of custom carpets for the broad hospitality sector, which continues to grow as a share of overall business. The cost of living crisis is still dampening consumer expenditure in the UK with residential sales still not fully recovered from both this effect and last year’s demise of key retailers.

“Our rugs business in Poland, however, is performing stronger and continues to expand its footprint beyond its domestic market.”