Carey Group Limited
Registered name: CAREY GROUP LIMITED
Part of Araglin Holdings Limited groupCarey Group Limited made £388m revenue and £5.7m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2024.
Carey Group Limited’s revenue fell 4% to £388m in the year to 30 Sep 2024, with £5.7m profit. The company is classified under “construction of other civil engineering projects” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- 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 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £402m | £388m |
| Cost of sales | −£363m | −£344m |
| Gross profit | £39.7m | £44.4m |
| Operating profit | £4.6m | £7.6m |
| Profit before tax | £6.2m | £7.5m |
| Profit after tax | £4.9m | £5.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £4.9m | £5.7m |
| Employees (average) | — | — |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 1.2% | 1.5% |
| Gross margin | 9.9% | 11.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼3.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲17.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 11.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Araglin Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Carey Group Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (12)
- BDL Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Careys 1 Hand Axe Yard LtdFigures not disclosed
- Careys 35 Baird ST LtdFigures not disclosed
- Careys Design Team LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Careys New Homes LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Careys Shared Equity LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Elfield Park LtdFigures not disclosed
- Ion Environmental Solutions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- P.J. Carey (Contractors) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- P.J. Carey Plant Hire (Oval) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Seneca Environmental Solutions LtdFigures not disclosed
- T.e.scudder LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (3)
- Marthas Vineyard Development LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Warren Street Commercial LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Warren Street Residential LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Sep 2024 (profit £5.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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