Carpenter Build Ltd
Registered name: CARPENTER BUILD LTD
Carpenter Build Ltd made £16.5m revenue and £115k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
Carpenter Build Ltd’s revenue fell 2% to £16.5m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £115k profit and 36 employees. The company is classified under “construction of other civil engineering projects” and is based in Liverpool; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Liverpool, North West
- Age
- 12 yrs · since 2014
- 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 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £14m | £15.6m | £16.9m | £16.5m |
| Cost of sales | £12.5m | £13.1m | £15.5m | £14.9m |
| Gross profit | £1.5m | £2.5m | £1.4m | £1.6m |
| Operating profit | £661k | £710k | £246k | £173k |
| Profit before tax | £613k | £472k | £16.8k | £182k |
| Profit after tax | £772k | £614k | £144k | £115k |
| Profit (best available) | £772k | £614k | £144k | £115k |
| Staff costs | £2.9m | £2.5m | £1.9m | £1.8m |
| Employees (average) | 71 | 58 | 43 | 36 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5.5% | 3.9% | 0.9% | 0.7% |
| Gross margin | 11% | 16.1% | 8.2% | 9.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £198k | £270k | £393k | £459k |
| Profit per employee | £10.9k | £10.6k | £3.3k | £3.2k |
| Cash conversion | −86% | −286.9% | 61.7% | 147.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲11.4% | ▲8% | ▼2.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼20.5% | ▼76.5% | ▼20.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼18.3% | ▼25.9% | ▼16.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £239k | £490k | £189k | £31.9k |
| Net assets | £2.6m | £2.7m | £2.8m | £2.9m |
| Fixed assets | £1.7m | £2.2m | £1.6m | £1.3m |
| Current assets | £3.5m | £4.6m | £6m | £5.2m |
| Debtors | £664k | £852k | £1.8m | £940k |
| Cash from operations | −£569k | −£2m | £152k | £254k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 9.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £459k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 147.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 8.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 5.7%
- 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
- ▲4%
- Now £2.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▼83%
- Now £31.9k
- Headcount
- ▼16%
- Now 36
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼16%
- Now £1.3m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit £115k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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