Craig & Derricott Limited
Registered name: CRAIG & DERRICOTT LIMITED
Part of Addtech Ab groupCraig & Derricott Limited made £12.2m revenue and £875k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Craig & Derricott Limited’s revenue fell 1% to £12.2m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £875k profit and 83 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of electricity distribution and control apparatus” and is based in Walsall; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Walsall, West Midlands
- Age
- 82 yrs · since 1944
- 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 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £9.5m | £12.3m | £12.2m |
| Cost of sales | £6.8m | £8.3m | £8.4m |
| Gross profit | £2.8m | £4m | £3.8m |
| Operating profit | £713k | £1.5m | £1.1m |
| Profit before tax | £750k | £1.5m | £1.1m |
| Profit after tax | £605k | £1.1m | £875k |
| Profit (best available) | £605k | £1.1m | £875k |
| Staff costs | £2.9m | £3.3m | £3.5m |
| Employees (average) | 85 | 82 | 83 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 6.3% | 9.2% | 7.2% |
| Gross margin | 28.8% | 32.7% | 30.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £112k | £150k | £147k |
| Profit per employee | £7.1k | £13.8k | £10.5k |
| Cash conversion | 91.1% | 53.4% | 107% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲29% | ▼0.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲87.1% | ▼22.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼3.5% | ▲1.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £314k | £574k | £721k |
| Net assets | £4.6m | £5.3m | £5.7m |
| Fixed assets | £650k | £617k | £816k |
| Current assets | £6.1m | £6.9m | £7.7m |
| Debtors | £1.8m | £2.6m | £2.7m |
| Deferred income | £276k | £475k | £484k |
| Cash from operations | £650k | £780k | £1.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 30.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £147k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £10.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 107%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 6.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 21.8%
- 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
- ▲6%
- Now £5.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲26%
- Now £721k
- Headcount
- ▲1%
- Now 83
- Deferred income
- ▲2%
- Now £484k
- Fixed assets
- ▲32%
- Now £816k
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
- Addtech Ab (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Craig & Derricott Holdings Limited75–100%
- Craig & Derricott Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £875k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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