Cara Brickwork Limited
Registered name: CARA BRICKWORK LIMITED
Part of Cara Trustees Limited groupCara Brickwork Limited made £14.1m revenue and £1.1m profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
Cara Brickwork Limited’s revenue grew 6% to £14.1m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £1.1m profit and 51 employees. The company is classified under “construction of commercial buildings” and is based in Manchester; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Manchester, North West
- Age
- 24 yrs · since 2002
- 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) | £15.2m | £13.3m | £14.1m |
| Operating profit | £1.8m | £613k | £1.2m |
| Profit before tax | £1.9m | £602k | £1.2m |
| Profit after tax | £1.7m | £443k | £1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.7m | £443k | £1.1m |
| Staff costs | £2.5m | £2.5m | £2.7m |
| Employees (average) | 52 | 49 | 51 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 11.3% | 3.3% | 7.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £293k | £270k | £276k |
| Profit per employee | £33k | £9k | £21.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼12.9% | ▲6.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼74.2% | ▲150.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼5.8% | ▲4.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £2.9m | £1.7m | £1.8m |
| Net assets | £3.7m | £3.2m | £3.3m |
| Fixed assets | £12.5k | £12k | £36.7k |
| Current assets | £5.7m | £4.6m | £5.9m |
| Debtors | £112k | £137k | £8.1k |
| Deferred income | £214k | £261k | £244k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £276k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £21.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- 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
- ▲3%
- Now £3.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲6%
- Now £1.8m
- Headcount
- ▲4%
- Now 51
- Deferred income
- ▼7%
- Now £244k
- Fixed assets
- ▲205%
- Now £36.7k
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 Brickwork Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (4)
- Cara Construction LimitedRev. £14.1m · Profit £367k
- 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 £1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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