Cara Construction Limited
Registered name: CARA CONSTRUCTION LIMITED
Part of Cara Trustees Limited groupCara Construction Limited made £14.1m revenue and £367k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
Cara Construction Limited’s revenue fell 25% to £14.1m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £367k profit and 53 employees. The company is classified under “development of building projects” and is based in Manchester; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Manchester, North West
- Age
- 28 yrs · since 1997
- 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 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £13m | £18.7m | £14.1m |
| Operating profit | −£154k | £781k | £130k |
| Profit before tax | −£155k | £765k | £120k |
| Profit after tax | −£227k | £585k | £367k |
| Profit (best available) | −£227k | £585k | £367k |
| Staff costs | £3.4m | £3.2m | £2.9m |
| Employees (average) | 66 | 57 | 53 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −1.8% | 3.1% | 2.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £197k | £328k | £266k |
| Profit per employee | −£3.4k | £10.3k | £6.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲44.1% | ▼24.6% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼37.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼13.6% | ▼7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £399k | £750k | £229k |
| Net assets | £2.3m | £2.3m | £2.7m |
| Fixed assets | £298k | £226k | £170k |
| Current assets | £3.5m | £5.2m | £5.2m |
| Debtors | £121k | £452k | £177k |
| Deferred income | £326k | £660k | £490k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £266k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.3%
- 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
- ▲16%
- Now £2.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼69%
- Now £229k
- Headcount
- ▼7%
- Now 53
- Deferred income
- ▼26%
- Now £490k
- Fixed assets
- ▼25%
- Now £170k
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
- Cara Trustees Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Cara Holdings Limited75–100%
- Cara Construction Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (4)
- Cara Brickwork LimitedRev. £14.1m · Profit £1.1m
- Cara Contracting Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Cara Nuclear LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Cara Surfacing 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 30 Apr 2025 (profit £367k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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