Carpenter Holdco Limited
Registered name: CARPENTER HOLDCO LIMITED
Part of Carpenter Topco (Jersey) Limited groupCarpenter Holdco Limited made £5.9m revenue and a £880k loss in the year to 29 Mar 2026.
Carpenter Holdco Limited’s revenue was £5.9m in the year to 29 Mar 2026, with a loss of £880k and 333 employees. The company is classified under “public houses and bars” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 12 yrs · since 2014
- 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 | 28 Dec 2024 | 29 Mar 2025 | 28 Dec 2025 | 29 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £24.5m | £26.3m | £26.3m | £5.9m |
| Cost of sales | −£6m | −£6.4m | −£6.4m | −£1.5m |
| Gross profit | £18.5m | £20m | £20m | £4.4m |
| Operating profit | −£167k | £784k | £784k | −£606k |
| Profit before tax | −£1.6m | −£673k | −£673k | −£1m |
| Profit after tax | −£1.5m | −£595k | −£595k | −£880k |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.5m | −£595k | −£595k | −£880k |
| Employees (average) | 376 | 340 | 340 | 333 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −6% | −2.3% | −2.3% | −15% |
| Gross margin | 75.6% | 75.9% | 75.9% | 75.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £65.2k | £77.5k | £77.5k | £17.6k |
| Profit per employee | −£3.9k | −£1.8k | −£1.8k | −£2.6k |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | — | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2026 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2026 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2026 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −15%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 75.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £17.6k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£2.6k
- 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
- —
- Now 333
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Carpenter Topco (Jersey) Limited (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Carpenter Holdco Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Carpenter Finco LimitedRev. — · Profit −£93.5k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 29 Mar 2026 (profit −£880k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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