Cardo (Wales & West) Limited
Registered name: CARDO (WALES & WEST) LIMITED
Part of Bp Inv6 Topco Limited groupCardo (Wales & West) Limited made £35.6m revenue and £1.1m profit in the year to 28 Feb 2023.
Cardo (Wales & West) Limited’s revenue grew 12% to £35.6m in the year to 28 Feb 2023, with £1.1m profit and 292 employees. The company is classified under “other building completion and finishing” and is based in Cardiff; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cardiff, Wales
- Age
- 14 yrs · since 2012
- 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 | 28 Feb 2022 | 28 Feb 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £31.7m | £35.6m |
| Cost of sales | £25.1m | £27.7m |
| Gross profit | £6.6m | £8m |
| Operating profit | £2.1m | £1.6m |
| Profit before tax | £2m | £1.5m |
| Profit after tax | £1.6m | £1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.6m | £1.1m |
| Staff costs | £7.2m | £9.4m |
| Employees (average) | 236 | 292 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 5.1% | 3% |
| Gross margin | 20.8% | 22.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £134k | £122k |
| Profit per employee | £6.9k | £3.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲12.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼34.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲23.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £3.1m | £3.1m |
| Net assets | £6.2m | £7.2m |
| Fixed assets | £2.2m | £3m |
| Current assets | £12.1m | £14.7m |
| Debtors | £2.4m | £4.4m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 22.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £122k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 8.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 12.4%
- 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
- ▲17%
- Now £7.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲1%
- Now £3.1m
- Headcount
- ▲24%
- Now 292
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲37%
- Now £3m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Bp Inv6 Topco Limited (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- BP INV6 Bidco Limited75–100%
- Cardo Group Limited75–100%
- Cardo (Wales & West) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (12)
- Cardo (South) LimitedRev. £52.6m · Profit £818k
- Trident Maintenance Services LtdRev. £37.9m · Profit £3m
- Correct Contract Services LimitedRev. £29m · Profit £1.2m
- Ag Newco LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Aspect Group Holdings LimitedRev. — · Profit £563k
- Cardo (Scotland) Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- CTS Projects LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Efs Systems (UK) LtdFigures not disclosed
- Faskin Group LtdFigures not disclosed
- Jefferies Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Rluk Fire LtdFigures not disclosed
- Tim O'Brien (Newport) LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 28 Feb 2023 (profit £1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2023. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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