Calder Limited
Registered name: CALDER LIMITED
Calder Limited made £16.4m revenue and £570k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Calder Limited’s revenue fell 16% to £16.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £570k profit and 68 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other special-purpose machinery” and is based in Worcester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Worcester, West Midlands
- Age
- 45 yrs · since 1980
- Type
- Private Limited Company
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 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £11.2m | £11.2m | £19.5m | £16.4m |
| Cost of sales | £8.5m | £8.8m | −£15.1m | −£13m |
| Gross profit | £2.7m | £2.4m | £4.4m | £3.4m |
| Operating profit | £664k | £272k | £1.9m | £731k |
| Profit before tax | £788k | £369k | £2m | £819k |
| Profit after tax | £696k | £296k | £1.6m | £570k |
| Profit (best available) | £696k | £296k | £1.6m | £570k |
| Staff costs | £3.7m | £3.6m | — | — |
| Employees (average) | 52 | 50 | 59 | 68 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 6.2% | 2.6% | 8.1% | 3.5% |
| Gross margin | 24.5% | 21.5% | 22.6% | 20.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £216k | £224k | £331k | £241k |
| Profit per employee | £13.4k | £5.9k | £26.6k | £8.4k |
| Cash conversion | −46.5% | −312.9% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲0.1% | ▲73.8% | ▼16% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼57.4% | ▲430.2% | ▼63.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼3.9% | ▲18% | ▲15.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | £8m | £7.7m | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £252k | £190k | — | — |
| Current assets | £11m | £10.9m | — | — |
| Debtors | £2m | £2.8m | — | — |
| Deferred income | £171k | £93.4k | — | — |
| Cash from operations | −£309k | −£851k | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 20.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £241k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £8.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲15%
- Now 68
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £570k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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