H & C Cardiem Limited
Registered name: H & C CARDIEM LIMITED
Part of H. & C. Merchandising Equipment Limited groupH & C Cardiem Limited made £4.3m revenue and £212k profit in the year to 31 May 2025.
H & C Cardiem Limited’s revenue fell 2% to £4.3m in the year to 31 May 2025, with £212k profit and 48 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other fabricated metal products” and is based in Stockport; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Stockport, North West
- Age
- 35 yrs · since 1990
- 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 May 2022 | 31 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 | 31 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £4.5m | £3.9m | £4.4m | £4.3m |
| Cost of sales | £2.8m | £2.4m | £2.8m | £2.6m |
| Gross profit | £1.7m | £1.5m | £1.6m | £1.7m |
| Operating profit | £288k | −£13.1k | £136k | £234k |
| Profit before tax | £249k | −£44.8k | £107k | £212k |
| Profit after tax | £249k | −£44.9k | £107k | £212k |
| Profit (best available) | £249k | −£44.9k | £107k | £212k |
| Employees (average) | — | 56 | 44 | 48 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5.5% | −1.1% | 2.5% | 5% |
| Gross margin | 37.1% | 38.6% | 36.8% | 40.2% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £69.5k | £99k | £89.1k |
| Profit per employee | — | −£802 | £2.4k | £4.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼14% | ▲12% | ▼1.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼118% | — | ▲98.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▼21.4% | ▲9.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £42.3k | £35.9k | £322k | £241k |
| Net assets | £1.7m | £1.6m | £1.7m | £1.9m |
| Fixed assets | £1m | £924k | £803k | £785k |
| Current assets | £1.9m | £1.7m | £1.8m | £2.1m |
| Debtors | £1.5m | £1.4m | £1.2m | £1.6m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 40.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £89.1k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 18.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 37.5%
- 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
- ▲12%
- Now £1.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▼25%
- Now £241k
- Headcount
- ▲9%
- Now 48
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼2%
- Now £785k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- H. & C. Merchandising Equipment Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- H & C Cardiem 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 AbridgedAccounts for the year to 31 May 2025 (profit £212k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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