Carlisle Brass Limited
Registered name: CARLISLE BRASS LIMITED
Part of Assa Abloy Ab groupCarlisle Brass Limited made £46.1m revenue and £3.3m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Carlisle Brass Limited’s revenue grew 4% to £46.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £3.3m profit and 136 employees. The company is classified under “non-specialised wholesale trade” and is based in Willenhall; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Willenhall
- Age
- 40 yrs · since 1986
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £44.2m | £44.2m | £46.1m |
| Cost of sales | −£29.5m | −£29.2m | −£29.5m |
| Gross profit | £14.6m | £14.9m | £16.6m |
| Operating profit | £6.9m | £4.8m | £4m |
| Profit before tax | £7.8m | £5.3m | £4.5m |
| Profit after tax | £5.8m | £4m | £3.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £5.8m | £4m | £3.3m |
| Employees (average) | 136 | 137 | 136 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 13.2% | 9% | 7.3% |
| Gross margin | 33.2% | 33.8% | 36.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £325k | £322k | £339k |
| Profit per employee | £42.8k | £28.9k | £24.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲0% | ▲4.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼31.9% | ▼15.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲0.7% | ▼0.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 36.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £339k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £24.6k
- 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
- ▼1%
- Now 136
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Assa Abloy Ab (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Assa Abloy Limited75–100%
- Carlisle Brass Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (10)
- Assa Abloy Global Solutions UK LimitedRev. £61.7m · Profit £5.9m
- Sunray Engineering LimitedRev. £14.9m · Profit £2.9m
- Arran Isle LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Assa Abloy Entrance Systems LtdFigures not disclosed
- Caldwell Hardware (UK) LimitedLiquidationFigures not disclosed
- Endcliffe Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Heywood Williams Components LimitedFigures not disclosed
- P.C. Henderson LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Prestige Fire Door Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Security Products UK LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £3.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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