C.l.a Fabrications Ltd
Registered name: C.L.A FABRICATIONS LTD
Part of Cla Group Trading Ltd groupC.l.a Fabrications Ltd made £9.9m revenue and £930k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
C.l.a Fabrications Ltd’s revenue grew 4% to £9.9m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £930k profit and 60 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other fabricated metal products” and is based in Wednesbury; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Wednesbury, West Midlands
- Age
- 13 yrs · since 2013
- 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 | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £9.7m | £9.5m | £9.9m |
| Cost of sales | — | £7.2m | £7m | £5.5m |
| Gross profit | — | £2.5m | £2.5m | £4.4m |
| Operating profit | — | £1.2m | £1.2m | £1.3m |
| Profit before tax | — | £1m | £1.1m | £1.2m |
| Profit after tax | — | £919k | £786k | £930k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £919k | £786k | £930k |
| Employees (average) | 10 | 10 | 3 | 60 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 9.4% | 8.3% | 9.4% |
| Gross margin | — | 25.5% | 26.6% | 44.3% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £973k | £3.2m | £165k |
| Profit per employee | — | £91.9k | £262k | £15.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼2.3% | ▲4.3% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼14.4% | ▲18.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▼70% | ▲1900% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £641k | £681k | £1.1m | £767k |
| Net assets | £2.1m | £2.9m | £3.5m | £4.3m |
| Fixed assets | £312k | £477k | £387k | £940k |
| Current assets | £4.6m | £5.3m | £5.9m | £6.9m |
| Debtors | £1.7m | £1.7m | £1.5m | £1.4m |
| Deferred income | £12.6k | £5.8k | £5.8k | £12.3k |
| Source | FilletedAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FilletedAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 9.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 44.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £165k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £15.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 9.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14.4%
- 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
- ▲21%
- Now £4.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼28%
- Now £767k
- Headcount
- ▲1900%
- Now 60
- Deferred income
- ▲114%
- Now £12.3k
- Fixed assets
- ▲143%
- Now £940k
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
- Cla Group Trading Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- C.l.a Fabrications Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Cla Holdings Direct LtdRev. £225k · Profit £917k
- Cla Midlands Finishing LimitedRev. — · Profit −£179k
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 2025 (profit £930k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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