Apollo Cradles Limited
Registered name: APOLLO CRADLES LIMITED
Part of Apollo Access Holdings Ltd groupApollo Cradles Limited made £8.1m revenue and £501k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Apollo Cradles Limited’s revenue grew 16% to £8.1m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £501k profit and 66 employees. The company is classified under “other specialised construction activities” and is based in Barnsley; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Barnsley, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 33 yrs · since 1992
- 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. From the filing: “The company's immediate parent is Apollo Access Holdings Ltd, incorporated in England and Wales.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 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) | £7.8m | £6m | £7m | £8.1m |
| Cost of sales | £4.3m | £3.9m | £4m | £4.6m |
| Gross profit | £3.5m | £2.1m | £2.9m | £3.5m |
| Operating profit | £1.2m | −£158k | £339k | £701k |
| Profit before tax | £1.2m | −£171k | £323k | £680k |
| Profit after tax | £957k | −£209k | £239k | £501k |
| Profit (best available) | £957k | −£209k | £239k | £501k |
| Staff costs | £2.7m | £2.4m | £2.9m | £3.2m |
| Employees (average) | 80 | 63 | 70 | 66 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 12.2% | −3.5% | 3.4% | 6.2% |
| Gross margin | 44.6% | 34.9% | 41.9% | 43.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £98.1k | £95.8k | £99.5k | £122k |
| Profit per employee | £12k | −£3.3k | £3.4k | £7.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼23.1% | ▲15.3% | ▲16% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼121.8% | — | ▲109.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼21.3% | ▲11.1% | ▼5.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.4m | £890k | £1.1m | £874k |
| Net assets | £2.3m | £2.1m | £2.3m | £2.8m |
| Fixed assets | £2.2m | £2.3m | £2.3m | £2.3m |
| Current assets | £4.1m | £3m | £3.3m | £3.5m |
| Debtors | £1.3m | £1.1m | £1.1m | £1.2m |
| Deferred income | £201k | £79.2k | £113k | £157k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 43.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £122k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 28.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14.6%
- 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
- ▲22%
- Now £2.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▼20%
- Now £874k
- Headcount
- ▼6%
- Now 66
- Deferred income
- ▲39%
- Now £157k
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- Now £2.3m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Apollo Access Holdings Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Apollo Cradles Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Apollo Funding LtdFigures not disclosed
- Apollo Hire LimitedRev. — · Profit £681k
- Apollo Scaffold Services LimitedRev. — · Profit £487k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £501k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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