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Company No. 01211577 · Incorporated 8 May 1975

Carrs Pasties Limited

Registered name: CARRS PASTIES LIMITED

Carrs Pasties Limited made £8.3m revenue and £318k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.

Carrs Pasties Limited’s revenue grew 5% to £8.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £318k profit and 129 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes”; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.

Status
Active
Location
North West
Age
51 yrs · since 1975
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: “Carrs Pasties Holdings Limited”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2025

Key figures

Operating leverageDoing more with less
Revenue
£8.3m
Growth ▲5.2%
Profit
£318k
Growth ▲59.4%
Profit margin
3.8%
Gross 42.3%
Employees
129
Change ▼4.4%
Profit / employee
£2.5k
Revenue/employee £64.2k
Profitable streak
3yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Dec 202231 Dec 202331 Dec 202431 Dec 2025
DisclosureNo P&LFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)—£7.3m£7.9m£8.3m
Cost of sales—£4.4m£4.5m£4.8m
Gross profit—£2.9m£3.4m£3.5m
Operating profit—£489k£412k£447k
Profit before tax—£412k£289k£331k
Profit after tax—£182k£200k£318k
Profit (best available)—£182k£200k£318k
Staff costs—£2.7m£3.2m£3.3m
Employees (average)96134135129
Ratios
Profit margin—2.5%2.5%3.8%
Gross margin—39.9%42.6%42.3%
Revenue per employee—£54.6k£58.3k£64.2k
Profit per employee—£1.4k£1.5k£2.5k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth——▲7.6%▲5.2%
Profit growth——▲9.8%▲59.4%
Headcount growth—▲39.6%▲0.8%▼4.4%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£340k£724k£410k£705k
Net assets£2.5m£2.5m£2.4m£2.4m
Fixed assets£3.7m£4.4m£5m£4.9m
Current assets£817k£1.2m£974k£1.5m
Debtors£131k£136k£159k£167k
Deferred income—£166k£214k£192k
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
3.8%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
42.3%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£64.2k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£2.5k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
59.3%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
2.3%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
2%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▲1%
Now £2.4m
Cash at bank
▲72%
Now £705k
Headcount
▼4%
Now 129
Deferred income
▼10%
Now £192k
Fixed assets
▼2%
Now £4.9m

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Subsidiaries (1)

Minority corporate shareholders

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 £318k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

Updated from Companies House on 14 Oct 2026

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