Cromar Building Products Limited
Registered name: CROMAR BUILDING PRODUCTS LIMITED
Part of Sika Ag groupCromar Building Products Limited made £24.9m revenue and £2.7m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Cromar Building Products Limited’s revenue fell 2% to £24.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £2.7m profit and 62 employees. The company is classified under “agents involved in the sale of timber and building materials” and is based in Goole; we hold 6 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Goole, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 29 yrs · since 1996
- 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 | 28 Feb 2024 | 31 May 2024 | 28 Feb 2025 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £40.1m | £37.8m | £37.4m | £37.4m | £25.4m | £24.9m |
| Cost of sales | £30.7m | £28m | −£23.7m | £25.7m | −£17m | −£15.6m |
| Gross profit | £9.4m | £9.9m | £13.7m | £11.7m | £8.4m | £9.4m |
| Operating profit | £4m | £4.3m | £5.9m | £5.9m | £2.1m | £2.6m |
| Profit before tax | £4m | £4.3m | £5.9m | £5.9m | £2.2m | £2.7m |
| Profit after tax | £3.3m | £3.4m | £4.4m | £4.4m | £1.7m | £2.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.3m | £3.4m | £4.4m | £4.4m | £1.7m | £2.7m |
| Staff costs | £2.9m | £2.6m | — | £2.9m | — | — |
| Employees (average) | 76 | 70 | 74 | 74 | 71 | 62 |
| Ratios | ||||||
| Profit margin | 8.1% | 9.1% | 11.8% | 11.8% | 6.5% | 10.7% |
| Gross margin | 23.4% | 26.1% | 36.6% | 31.3% | 33.1% | 37.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £527k | £540k | £505k | £505k | £358k | £402k |
| Profit per employee | £42.9k | £49.1k | £59.7k | £59.7k | £23.3k | £43k |
| Cash conversion | −96.9% | −75.1% | — | −130.8% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼5.6% | — | — | — | ▼1.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲5.3% | — | — | — | ▲61.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼7.9% | — | — | — | ▼12.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||||
| Cash at bank | £2.9m | £3.7m | — | £8.8m | — | — |
| Net assets | £10.6m | £12.3m | — | £15.9m | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £1m | £961k | — | £1.1m | — | — |
| Current assets | £16.8m | £18m | — | £22.1m | — | — |
| Debtors | £8.8m | £8.5m | — | £7.8m | — | — |
| Deferred income | £891k | £925k | — | £1.2m | — | — |
| Cash from operations | −£3.9m | −£3.2m | — | −£7.7m | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 10.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 37.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £402k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £43k
- 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
- ▼13%
- Now 62
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Sika Ag (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Sika Limited75–100%
- Cromar Building Products Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Liquid Plastics LimitedFigures not disclosed
- MBCC Construction Chemicals LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sarnafil Roof Assured 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 31 Dec 2025 (profit £2.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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