Carver (Wolverhampton) Limited
Registered name: CARVER (WOLVERHAMPTON) LIMITED
Part of Carver Holdings Limited groupCarver (Wolverhampton) Limited made £44.1m revenue and £432k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Carver (Wolverhampton) Limited’s revenue grew 2% to £44.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £432k profit and 219 employees. The company is classified under “construction of domestic buildings”; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- West Midlands
- Age
- 106 yrs · since 1920
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £56m | £47.5m | £43.3m | £44.1m |
| Cost of sales | £40m | £35.1m | £30.7m | £31.5m |
| Gross profit | £16m | £12.4m | £12.6m | £12.6m |
| Operating profit | £4.9m | £1.5m | £1.1m | £652k |
| Profit before tax | £4.9m | £1.6m | £1.3m | £696k |
| Profit after tax | £4m | £1.4m | £1m | £432k |
| Profit (best available) | £4m | £1.4m | £1m | £432k |
| Staff costs | £6.6m | £6.3m | £6.6m | £7.3m |
| Employees (average) | 218 | 217 | 216 | 219 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 7.1% | 2.9% | 2.4% | 1% |
| Gross margin | 28.6% | 26.1% | 29% | 28.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £257k | £219k | £201k | £201k |
| Profit per employee | £18.4k | £6.3k | £4.9k | £2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼15.1% | ▼8.8% | ▲1.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼66% | ▼23.1% | ▼58.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼0.5% | ▼0.5% | ▲1.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £4m | £5.2m | £4.7m | £4.3m |
| Net assets | £25.4m | £26.8m | £28.5m | £28.9m |
| Fixed assets | £9.6m | £10.2m | £14.4m | £14.5m |
| Current assets | £22.8m | £22m | £20.4m | £21m |
| Debtors | £7.1m | £5.7m | £4.2m | £4.3m |
| Deferred income | £1.9m | £1.5m | £1.1m | £1.3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 28.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £201k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 32.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 9.8%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- ▲2%
- Now £28.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▼8%
- Now £4.3m
- Headcount
- ▲1%
- Now 219
- Deferred income
- ▲10%
- Now £1.3m
- Fixed assets
- ▲1%
- Now £14.5m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Carver Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Carver (Wolverhampton) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (4)
- Black & Gold Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Carver Gases LimitedFigures not disclosed
- SJ Dixon Carver LimitedFigures not disclosed
- South Ribble Timber Co. LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £432k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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