Blacktop Design Limited
Registered name: BLACKTOP DESIGN LIMITED
Blacktop Design Limited made £105k revenue and £32.1k profit in the year to 31 Oct 2025.
Blacktop Design Limited’s revenue grew 4% to £105k in the year to 31 Oct 2025, with £32.1k profit and 2 employees. The company is classified under “other specialised construction activities” and is based in Chatham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chatham, South East
- Age
- 14 yrs · since 2011
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Oct 2022 | 31 Oct 2023 | 31 Oct 2024 | 31 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £65.4k | £77k | £101k | £105k |
| Cost of sales | £37k | £39.7k | £44.4k | £47.1k |
| Gross profit | £28.4k | £37.2k | £56.4k | £57.6k |
| Operating profit | £17.3k | £21.5k | £39.3k | £39.7k |
| Profit before tax | £17.3k | £21.5k | £39.3k | £39.7k |
| Profit after tax | £14k | £17.4k | £31.8k | £32.1k |
| Profit (best available) | £14k | £17.4k | £31.8k | £32.1k |
| Staff costs | £12k | £12k | £12k | £1.2k |
| Employees (average) | — | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 21.5% | 22.6% | 31.6% | 30.7% |
| Gross margin | 43.4% | 48.4% | 56% | 55% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £38.5k | £50.4k | £52.4k |
| Profit per employee | — | £8.7k | £15.9k | £16.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲17.7% | ▲30.9% | ▲4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲23.9% | ▲83% | ▲1% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £5.5k | £6.2k | £17.5k | £19.7k |
| Net assets | £5.3k | £1.1k | £8.8k | £11k |
| Current assets | £9.5k | £6.2k | £17.5k | £19.7k |
| Debtors | £4k | £0 | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 30.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 55%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £52.4k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £16.1k
- 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
- ▲24%
- Now £11k
- Cash at bank
- ▲13%
- Now £19.7k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 2
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from AbridgedAccounts for the year to 31 Oct 2025 (profit £32.1k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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