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Company No. 04639036 · Incorporated 16 Jan 2003

Cardzone Limited

Registered name: CARDZONE LIMITED

Part of P & C Property Rental Company Limited group

Cardzone Limited made £48.5m revenue and £1.2m profit in the year to 28 Jun 2025. read from filing text

Cardzone Limited’s revenue fell 10% to £48.5m in the year to 28 Jun 2025, with £1.2m profit and 912 employees. The company is classified under “other retail sale of food in specialised stores” and is based in Farnsfield; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection G · Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehiclesSIC 47290Other retail sale of food in specialised stores
Status
Active
Location
Farnsfield, East Midlands
Age
23 yrs · since 2003
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 company is a subsidiary undertaking of Pillarbox Designs Limited.”

Latest accounts · year to 28 Jun 2025

Key figures

Capital-light
Revenue
£48.5m
Growth ▼9.6%
Profit
£1.2m
Growth ▼70.3%
Profit margin
2.5%
Gross 58.6%
Employees
912
Change ▼5.7%
Profit / employee
£1.3k
Revenue/employee £53.2k
Profitable streak
3yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

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

3 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to1 Jul 202329 Jun 202428 Jun 2025
DisclosureFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£52m£53.6m£48.5m
Cost of sales£21.5m£21.9m£20.1m
Gross profit£30.4m£31.8m£28.4m
Operating profit£6.1m£5.3m£1.6m
Profit before tax£6.3m£5.5m£1.9m
Profit after tax£4.9m£4.1m£1.2m
Profit (best available)£4.9m£4.1m£1.2m
Staff costs£11.4m£11.7m£12.3m
Employees (average)934967912
Ratios
Profit margin9.4%7.7%2.5%
Gross margin58.6%59.2%58.6%
Revenue per employee£55.6k£55.5k£53.2k
Profit per employee£5.2k£4.3k£1.3k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲3.2%▼9.6%
Profit growth—▼15.5%▼70.3%
Headcount growth—▲3.5%▼5.7%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£8.6m£3m£2.8m
Net assets£16.5m£5.7m£6.9m
Fixed assets£2.3m£1.7m£1.4m
Current assets£25.4m£13.7m£26.6m
Debtors£0£11.2k£31.9k
Deferred income£1.6m£1.4m£3.1m
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
2.5%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
58.6%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£53.2k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£1.3k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
2.9%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
6.3%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
0.1%
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
▲22%
Now £6.9m
Cash at bank
▼6%
Now £2.8m
Headcount
▼6%
Now 912
Deferred income
▲112%
Now £3.1m
Fixed assets
▼18%
Now £1.4m

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. P & C Property Rental Company Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Pillarbox Designs Limited75–100%
  3. Cardzone Limitedthis company

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

Subsidiaries (6)

Sister companies (2)

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 28 Jun 2025 (profit £1.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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