Nimbus Building Products Limited
Registered name: NIMBUS BUILDING PRODUCTS LIMITED
Nimbus Building Products Limited made £24.2m revenue and £636k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024. read from filing text
Nimbus Building Products Limited’s revenue fell 43% to £24.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £636k profit and 100 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in Castleford; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Castleford, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 23 yrs · since 2003
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £54.8m | £42.4m | £24.2m |
| Cost of sales | £43.1m | £32m | £18.4m |
| Gross profit | £11.7m | £10.4m | £5.8m |
| Operating profit | £7.4m | £5.2m | £1.7m |
| Profit before tax | £7.1m | £4.3m | £888k |
| Profit after tax | £5.6m | £3.2m | £636k |
| Profit (best available) | £5.6m | £3.2m | £636k |
| Employees (average) | 121 | 116 | 100 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 10.2% | 7.6% | 2.6% |
| Gross margin | 21.4% | 24.5% | 24.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £453k | £366k | £242k |
| Profit per employee | £46.3k | £27.7k | £6.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼22.6% | ▼43% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼42.6% | ▼80.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4.1% | ▼13.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £0 | £873k | £1.8m |
| Net assets | £1.9m | £2m | £1.9m |
| Fixed assets | £4.8m | £4.8m | £4.8m |
| Current assets | £2m | £3.2m | £1.8m |
| Debtors | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Deferred income | £0 | £9.8k | £993 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 24.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £242k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 20%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- ▼4%
- Now £1.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲108%
- Now £1.8m
- Headcount
- ▼14%
- Now 100
- Deferred income
- ▼90%
- Now £993
- Fixed assets
- 0%
- Now £4.8m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (4)
- Lambson Innovate LimitedRev. £20.8m · Profit £931k
- Cirrus Laminations LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Fractus Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Laminated Products LimitedFigures not disclosed
Minority corporate shareholders
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £636k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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