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Company No. 04165567 · Incorporated 22 Feb 2001

Contract Supplies (White Goods) Ltd

Registered name: CONTRACT SUPPLIES (WHITE GOODS) LTD

Contract Supplies (White Goods) Ltd made £13.9m revenue and a £422k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text

Contract Supplies (White Goods) Ltd’s revenue fell 14% to £13.9m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £422k and 68 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of radio, television goods & electrical household appliances (other than records, tapes, cd's & video tapes and the equipment used for playing them)” and is based in Birmingham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.

Status
Active
Location
Birmingham, West Midlands
Age
25 yrs · since 2001
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 ultimate controlling party is T J Gorton by virtue of owning all of the issued share capital.”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Mar 2025

Key figures

Capital-lightCash flow filed
Revenue
£13.9m
Growth ▼13.5%
Profit
−£422k
Growth —
Profit margin
−3%
Gross 10%
Employees
68
Change ▼6.9%
Profit / employee
−£6.2k
Revenue/employee £205k
Profitable streak
0yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

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

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Mar 202231 Mar 202331 Mar 202431 Mar 2025
DisclosureFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£17.6m£19.7m£16.1m£13.9m
Cost of sales£15.2m£17m£14.5m£12.5m
Gross profit£2.5m£2.7m£1.6m£1.4m
Operating profit£1.1m£1.1m−£174k−£506k
Profit before tax£1.1m£1m−£218k−£554k
Profit after tax£876k£817k−£177k−£422k
Profit (best available)£876k£817k−£177k−£422k
Staff costs£2.3m£2.6m£2.6m£2.7m
Employees (average)69737368
Ratios
Profit margin5%4.2%−1.1%−3%
Gross margin14.1%13.9%10.2%10%
Revenue per employee£256k£270k£221k£205k
Profit per employee£12.7k£11.2k−£2.4k−£6.2k
Cash conversion−79.2%−75.7%——
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲11.7%▼18.3%▼13.5%
Profit growth—▼6.7%▼121.6%—
Headcount growth—▲5.8%0%▼6.9%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£266k£59.5k£195k£89.6k
Net assets£5.1m£5.3m£5.1m£4.4m
Fixed assets£500k£848k£769k£930k
Current assets£8.4m£8.6m£7.1m£6.4m
Debtors£4.9m£4.3m£2.5m£2.8m
Deferred income£43.5k£38k£55.8k£61k
Cash from operations−£881k−£810k−£1.8m−£718k
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
−3%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
10%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£205k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
−£6.2k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
6.7%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
0.4%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
19.9%
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
▼14%
Now £4.4m
Cash at bank
▼54%
Now £89.6k
Headcount
▼7%
Now 68
Deferred income
▲9%
Now £61k
Fixed assets
▲21%
Now £930k

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

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Sources

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit −£422k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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