South Eastern Carpentry Limited
Registered name: SOUTH EASTERN CARPENTRY LIMITED
Part of Goldline Trustee Limited groupSouth Eastern Carpentry Limited made £21.4m revenue and £1.2m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
South Eastern Carpentry Limited’s revenue grew 3% to £21.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.2m profit and 53 employees. The company is classified under “joinery installation” and is based in Yalding; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Yalding, South East
- Age
- 35 yrs · since 1991
- 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 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £22.2m | £24.2m | £20.8m | £21.4m |
| Cost of sales | £18.5m | £20.9m | £15.6m | £16.3m |
| Gross profit | £3.7m | £3.3m | £5.2m | £5.1m |
| Operating profit | £1.4m | £948k | £1.8m | £1.6m |
| Profit before tax | £1.4m | £962k | £1.8m | £1.6m |
| Profit after tax | £1.2m | £765k | £1.4m | £1.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.2m | £765k | £1.4m | £1.2m |
| Staff costs | £2.8m | £2.6m | £3.8m | £4m |
| Employees (average) | 46 | 43 | 48 | 53 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5.5% | 3.2% | 6.7% | 5.5% |
| Gross margin | 16.7% | 13.5% | 24.9% | 23.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £482k | £563k | £432k | £403k |
| Profit per employee | £26.6k | £17.8k | £28.8k | £22.3k |
| Cash conversion | −102.7% | −88.1% | −74.8% | −258.6% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲9.3% | ▼14.3% | ▲3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼37.6% | ▲80.6% | ▼14.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼6.5% | ▲11.6% | ▲10.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.5m | £1.8m | £2.3m | £952k |
| Net assets | £3.6m | £4m | £4.9m | £1.4m |
| Fixed assets | £0 | £63.1k | £148k | £139k |
| Current assets | £6.2m | £8.3m | £8.6m | £6.2m |
| Debtors | £382k | £2.1m | £1.8m | £2.5m |
| Deferred income | £282k | £0 | £500k | £630k |
| Cash from operations | −£1.5m | −£835k | −£1.4m | −£4m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 23.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £403k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £22.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −258.6%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11.5%
- 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
- ▼72%
- Now £1.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼59%
- Now £952k
- Headcount
- ▲10%
- Now 53
- Deferred income
- ▲26%
- Now £630k
- Fixed assets
- ▼7%
- Now £139k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Goldline Trustee Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Goldline Associates Limited75–100%
- South Eastern Carpentry Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Sec Construction Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
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 £1.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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