C.P. Hart & Sons Limited
Registered name: C.P. HART & SONS LIMITED
Part of Wolseley Investments Limited groupC.P. Hart & Sons Limited made £45.8m revenue and £1.8m profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025.
C.P. Hart & Sons Limited’s revenue was £45.8m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £1.8m profit. The company is classified under “wholesale of household goods (other than musical instruments)” and is based in Warwick; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Warwick, West Midlands
- Age
- 59 yrs · since 1966
- 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 Jul 2023 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £50.7m | £50.2m | £50.2m | £29.4m | £45.8m |
| Cost of sales | £29.9m | −£29.6m | £29.6m | −£17.3m | −£26.8m |
| Gross profit | £20.8m | £20.6m | £20.6m | £12.1m | £19m |
| Operating profit | £3.8m | £3.4m | £3.3m | £2m | £1.3m |
| Profit before tax | £3.9m | £3.5m | £3.8m | £2.3m | £1.7m |
| Profit after tax | £3.6m | £2.6m | £2.9m | £1.9m | £1.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.6m | £2.6m | £2.9m | £1.9m | £1.8m |
| Staff costs | £8.6m | — | £9.3m | — | — |
| Employees (average) | 210 | — | 199 | — | — |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 7% | 5.1% | 5.8% | 6.3% | 3.8% |
| Gross margin | 41.1% | 41.1% | 41.1% | 41.1% | 41.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £241k | — | £252k | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £16.9k | — | £14.5k | — | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £12.1m | — | £14.7m | — | — |
| Net assets | £11.5m | — | £14.3m | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £2.6m | — | £2.5m | — | — |
| Current assets | £26.4m | — | £26.2m | — | — |
| Debtors | £4m | — | £3.8m | — | — |
| Deferred income | £3.6m | — | £2.2m | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 41.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
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- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
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- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
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- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
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- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
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- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
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- 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
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- Now —
- Cash at bank
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- Headcount
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- Deferred income
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- Fixed assets
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Group structure
Ownership chain
- Wolseley Investments Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Wolseley Group Holdings Limited75–100%
- Wolseley Group Limited75–100%
- Wolseley UK Limited75–100%
- C.P. Hart & Sons Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (12)
- Kooltech LimitedRev. £65.2m · Profit £3.5m
- Blue Bay Building Products LimitedRev. £18.4m · Profit £1.1m
- Logicool Air Conditioning & Heat Pumps LimitedRev. £11.4m · Profit £321k
- Bassetts (Wolseley) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Continental Product Engineering LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ideal Bathrooms (Wolseley) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Jointing Tech LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Logicool Holdings LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
- Res-Distribution LimitedFigures not disclosed
- William Wilson Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Wolseley Properties LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Wolseley UK Finance LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Jul 2025 (profit £1.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 14 Oct 2026
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