City Brickwork (UK) Limited
Registered name: CITY BRICKWORK (UK) LIMITED
Part of Oddyns Holdings Ltd groupCity Brickwork (UK) Limited made £20m revenue and £331k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
City Brickwork (UK) Limited’s revenue grew 15% to £20m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £331k profit and 21 employees. The company is classified under “construction of commercial buildings” and is based in Ware; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Ware, East of England
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £14.5m | £17.4m | £17.4m | £20m |
| Cost of sales | £12.6m | £14.9m | £14.9m | £17.6m |
| Gross profit | £1.9m | £2.5m | £2.5m | £2.4m |
| Operating profit | £720k | £1.5m | £989k | £461k |
| Profit before tax | £625k | £1.4m | £733k | £175k |
| Profit after tax | £492k | £1.6m | £434k | £331k |
| Profit (best available) | £492k | £1.6m | £434k | £331k |
| Staff costs | £616k | £810k | £867k | £1m |
| Employees (average) | 21 | 20 | 14 | 21 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.4% | 9.1% | 2.5% | 1.7% |
| Gross margin | 13.2% | 14.4% | 14.6% | 12.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £693k | £870k | £1.2m | £954k |
| Profit per employee | £23.4k | £79k | £31k | £15.8k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | −40.6% | −306% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲19.6% | ▲0.1% | ▲15.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲221.3% | ▼72.5% | ▼23.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4.8% | ▼30% | ▲50% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.3m | £580k | £531k | £1.3m |
| Net assets | £1.3m | £1.5m | £1.5m | £1.5m |
| Fixed assets | £167k | £144k | £176k | £125k |
| Current assets | £3.9m | £5.5m | £5.6m | £6m |
| Debtors | £330k | £360k | £593k | £577k |
| Deferred income | £190k | £330k | £189k | £401k |
| Cash from operations | — | — | −£402k | −£1.4m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 12.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £954k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £15.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −306%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.9%
- 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
- ▲2%
- Now £1.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲152%
- Now £1.3m
- Headcount
- ▲50%
- Now 21
- Deferred income
- ▲112%
- Now £401k
- Fixed assets
- ▼29%
- Now £125k
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
- Oddyns Holdings Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- City Brickwork (UK) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Heath Plant & Commercial LtdRev. £251k · Profit £113k
- City Mastic & Fire (UK) LtdFigures 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 31 Mar 2025 (profit £331k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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