Pave-Aways Limited
Registered name: PAVE-AWAYS LIMITED
Part of Pave-Aways Holdings Limited groupPave-Aways Limited made £20.9m revenue and £1.8m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Pave-Aways Limited’s revenue grew 1% to £20.9m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £1.8m profit and 66 employees. The company is classified under “development of building projects” and is based in Oswestry; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Oswestry, West Midlands
- Age
- 53 yrs · since 1973
- 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 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £25.4m | £22.6m | £20.6m | £20.9m |
| Cost of sales | £23.3m | £22.3m | £18.6m | £16.2m |
| Gross profit | £2.1m | £371k | £1.9m | £4.6m |
| Operating profit | £1.3m | −£439k | £941k | £2.2m |
| Profit before tax | £1.3m | −£425k | £979k | £2.3m |
| Profit after tax | £1.3m | −£406k | £1.3m | £1.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.3m | −£406k | £1.3m | £1.8m |
| Staff costs | £3.3m | £3.6m | £3.3m | £2.8m |
| Employees (average) | 87 | 89 | 75 | 66 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5.1% | −1.8% | 6.2% | 8.7% |
| Gross margin | 8.2% | 1.6% | 9.5% | 22.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £291k | £254k | £274k | £316k |
| Profit per employee | £14.9k | −£4.6k | £17k | £27.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼10.8% | ▼9.1% | ▲1.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼131.4% | — | ▲43% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2.3% | ▼15.7% | ▼12% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £4.1m | £2.2m | £3.5m | £6.5m |
| Net assets | £5.9m | £4.7m | £5.4m | £6.5m |
| Fixed assets | £1m | £1.1m | £982k | £933k |
| Current assets | £12.3m | £9.5m | £10.6m | £11.7m |
| Debtors | £5.3m | £4.4m | £4.2m | £3.1m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 22.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £316k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £27.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14.7%
- 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
- ▲20%
- Now £6.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲87%
- Now £6.5m
- Headcount
- ▼12%
- Now 66
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼5%
- Now £933k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Pave-Aways Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Pave-Aways 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 £1.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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