Contained Air Solutions Limited
Registered name: CONTAINED AIR SOLUTIONS LIMITED
Part of Breeze Investment Partners LLP groupContained Air Solutions Limited made £9.3m revenue and a £54.5k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2026. read from filing text
Contained Air Solutions Limited’s revenue fell 13% to £9.3m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with a loss of £54.5k and 83 employees. The company is classified under “other manufacturing” and is based in Manchester; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Manchester, North West
- Age
- 19 yrs · since 2007
- 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's immediate parent company is Breeze Acquisitions Limited whose registered office address is”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £9.6m | £10.8m | £9.3m |
| Cost of sales | £4.9m | £5.5m | £5m |
| Gross profit | £4.6m | £5.2m | £4.3m |
| Operating profit | £1.8m | £1.4m | −£105k |
| Profit before tax | £1.8m | £1.4m | −£74.7k |
| Profit after tax | £1.9m | £1.3m | −£54.5k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.9m | £1.3m | −£54.5k |
| Staff costs | £2.8m | £3.8m | £4.3m |
| Employees (average) | 58 | 72 | 83 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 20.2% | 12.3% | −0.6% |
| Gross margin | 48.3% | 48.8% | 46.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £165k | £149k | £112k |
| Profit per employee | £33.2k | £18.3k | −£656 |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲12.5% | ▼13.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼31.4% | ▼104.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲24.1% | ▲15.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £2.2m | £3.2m | £813k |
| Net assets | £6.9m | £5.2m | £1.8m |
| Fixed assets | £332k | £460k | £418k |
| Current assets | £8.7m | £7m | £5.5m |
| Debtors | £3m | £1.6m | £1.7m |
| Deferred income | £965k | £1.1m | £919k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 46.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £112k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£656
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 9.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 17.9%
- 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
- ▼66%
- Now £1.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▼75%
- Now £813k
- Headcount
- ▲15%
- Now 83
- Deferred income
- ▼18%
- Now £919k
- Fixed assets
- ▼9%
- Now £418k
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
- Breeze Investment Partners LLPultimate parent50–75%
- Breeze Strategic Services Limited75–100%
- Breeze Acquisitions Limited75–100%
- Contained Air Solutions Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Almar Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Amercare LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Laboratory Specialist Services (UK) 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 31 Mar 2026 (profit −£54.5k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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