Carte Blanche Group Limited
Registered name: CARTE BLANCHE GROUP LIMITED
Part of T J Morris Group Limited groupCarte Blanche Group Limited made £19.1m revenue and a £118k loss in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Carte Blanche Group Limited’s revenue grew 4% to £19.1m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with a loss of £118k and 102 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in Gillmoss; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Gillmoss, North West
- Age
- 21 yrs · since 2004
- 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.
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 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £15.2m | £18.4m | £19.1m |
| Cost of sales | −£10.9m | −£12.4m | −£12.3m |
| Gross profit | £4.3m | £6m | £6.8m |
| Operating profit | −£2.2m | −£417k | £117k |
| Profit before tax | −£2.4m | −£654k | −£85.7k |
| Profit after tax | −£2.4m | −£316k | −£118k |
| Profit (best available) | −£2.4m | −£316k | −£118k |
| Employees (average) | 103 | 103 | 102 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −15.5% | −1.7% | −0.6% |
| Gross margin | 28.1% | 32.7% | 35.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £148k | £179k | £188k |
| Profit per employee | −£22.9k | −£3.1k | −£1.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲21.2% | ▲3.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▼1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 35.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £188k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£1.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼1%
- Now 102
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- T J Morris Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Carte Blanche Group Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Carte Blanche Greetings LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (13)
- Brandmaster LtdFigures not disclosed
- Carte Blanche Greetings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Davos Property Developments LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Denby Home Pottery LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Keie LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Mere Hall Farm LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Stockstame LimitedFigures not disclosed
- T J Morris (Investments) LtdRev. — · Profit £19m
- T J Morris Brewing LtdRev. — · Profit −£887k
- T J Morris Converting LimitedFigures not disclosed
- T. J. Morris LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The Croston Estate LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The Halsall Estate LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit −£118k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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