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Company No. 02993862 · Incorporated 23 Nov 1994

Card Geotechnics Limited

Registered name: CARD GEOTECHNICS LIMITED

Part of Tic Pledgeco Limited group

Card Geotechnics Limited made £12.5m revenue and £782k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2023.

Card Geotechnics Limited’s revenue was £12.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2023, with £782k profit and 88 employees. The company is classified under “other engineering activities” and is based in Harrogate; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection M · Professional, scientific and technical activitiesSIC 71129Other engineering activities
Status
Active
Location
Harrogate, Yorkshire and The Humber
Age
31 yrs · since 1994
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.

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2023

Key figures

Capital-light
Revenue
£12.5m
Growth —
Profit
£782k
Growth —
Profit margin
6.3%
Gross 26.7%
Employees
88
Change —
Profit / employee
£8.9k
Revenue/employee £142k
Profitable streak
2yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

2 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Dec 202231 Dec 2023
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£8.2m£12.5m
Cost of sales£5.9m£9.2m
Gross profit£2.3m£3.3m
Operating profit£599k£807k
Profit before tax£599k£805k
Profit after tax£637k£782k
Profit (best available)£637k£782k
Staff costs£2.9m£4.2m
Employees (average)8288
Ratios
Profit margin7.7%6.3%
Gross margin28.1%26.7%
Revenue per employee£101k£142k
Profit per employee£7.8k£8.9k
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£481k£513k
Net assets£2.6m£3.4m
Fixed assets£92.5k£109k
Current assets£4.5m£4.5m
Debtors£2.2m£2.2m
Deferred income£675k£456k
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
6.3%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
26.7%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£142k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£8.9k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
0.9%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
3.6%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
17.5%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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 £3.4m
Cash at bank
—
Now £513k
Headcount
—
Now 88
Deferred income
—
Now £456k
Fixed assets
—
Now £109k

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Tic Pledgeco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Tic Bidco Limited75–100%
  3. Puma Topco Limited75–100%
  4. Puma Bidco Limited75–100%
  5. Phenna Group Topco Limited75–100%
  6. Phenna Group Midco 1 Limited75–100%
  7. Phenna Group Midco 2 Limited75–100%
  8. Phenna Group Holdings Limited75–100%
  9. Phenna Infrastructure UK Limited75–100%
  10. Construction Testing Solutions Limited75–100%
  11. Card Geotechnics Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Sister companies (6)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2023 (profit £782k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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