Casdon Limited
Registered name: CASDON LIMITED
Part of Calder Products Ltd groupCasdon Limited made £19.8m revenue and £324k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
Casdon Limited’s revenue grew 6% to £19.8m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £324k profit and 33 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other games and toys,” and is based in Blackpool; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Blackpool, North West
- Age
- 70 yrs · since 1956
- 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. From the filing: “The company is controlled by its parent company Calder Products Ltd.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £16.8m | £18.4m | £18.7m | £19.8m |
| Cost of sales | £11.4m | £12.2m | £12.8m | £13.3m |
| Gross profit | £5.4m | £6.2m | £5.9m | £6.5m |
| Operating profit | £1.1m | £455k | £351k | £471k |
| Profit before tax | £1.1m | £459k | £317k | £436k |
| Profit after tax | £1m | £408k | £247k | £324k |
| Profit (best available) | £1m | £408k | £247k | £324k |
| Staff costs | £2m | £2.3m | £1.9m | £1.9m |
| Employees (average) | 34 | 33 | 34 | 33 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 6% | 2.2% | 1.3% | 1.6% |
| Gross margin | 32.1% | 33.6% | 31.7% | 32.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £493k | £557k | £550k | £600k |
| Profit per employee | £29.5k | £12.4k | £7.3k | £9.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲9.6% | ▲1.7% | ▲5.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼59.4% | ▼39.4% | ▲31.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼2.9% | ▲3% | ▼2.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3.6m | £3.6m | £3.2m | £2.9m |
| Net assets | £5.4m | £5.8m | £6.1m | £6.4m |
| Fixed assets | £1.1m | £1m | £1.1m | £1.1m |
| Current assets | £9.2m | £8.8m | £8.1m | £8.1m |
| Debtors | £2.1m | £1.6m | £1.6m | £1.4m |
| Deferred income | £242k | £215k | £315k | £237k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 32.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £600k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £9.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 5.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 6.8%
- 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
- ▲5%
- Now £6.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼10%
- Now £2.9m
- Headcount
- ▼3%
- Now 33
- Deferred income
- ▼25%
- Now £237k
- Fixed assets
- ▼4%
- Now £1.1m
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
- Calder Products Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Casdon 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 30 Apr 2025 (profit £324k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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