Caudwell Ltd
Registered name: CAUDWELL LTD
Part of Broughton Holdings Limited groupCaudwell Ltd made a £18.5m loss in the year to 30 Sep 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
Caudwell Ltd reported a loss of £18.5m in the year to 30 Sep 2025; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 44 employees. The company is classified under “buying and selling of own real estate” and is based in Stafford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Stafford, West Midlands
- Age
- 11 yrs · since 2015
- 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. From the filing: “The ultimate parent company is Broughton Holdings Limited. Consolidated accounts are publicly available from Companies House for Broughton Holdings Limited, registered at Coach House, Broughton Hall, ”
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — | — |
| Operating profit | −£14.2m | −£4.9m | — | — |
| Profit before tax | −£16m | −£15m | −£22.3m | −£18.5m |
| Profit after tax | −£16m | −£15m | −£22.3m | −£18.5m |
| Profit (best available) | −£16m | −£15m | −£22.3m | −£18.5m |
| Employees (average) | 37 | 39 | 39 | 44 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | — |
| Profit per employee | −£433k | −£386k | −£572k | −£421k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5.4% | 0% | ▲12.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £413k | £252k | £450k | £435k |
| Net assets | −£14.4m | −£29.4m | −£51.7m | −£70.3m |
| Current assets | £151m | £203m | £211m | £495m |
| Debtors | £150m | £203m | £211m | £495m |
| Deferred income | £148k | £75.3k | £88.7k | £190k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£421k
- 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 −£70.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼3%
- Now £435k
- Headcount
- ▲13%
- Now 44
- Deferred income
- ▲114%
- Now £190k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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
- Broughton Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Caudwell Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (9)
- Caudwell Properties (101) LtdRev. £976k · Profit −£1.8m
- Caudwell Properties (109) LtdRev. £0 · Profit −£5.8m
- Caudwell Design LtdFigures not disclosed
- Caudwell Properties (100) LtdFigures not disclosed
- Caudwell Properties (102) LtdRev. — · Profit £221k
- Caudwell Properties (107) LtdFigures not disclosed
- Caudwell Properties (108) LtdRev. — · Profit −£1.8m
- Caudwell Properties (111) LtdFigures not disclosed
- Caudwell Properties (112) LtdFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (7)
- Hyde Park Finance LtdRev. £10.6m · Profit −£1m
- Caudwell Marine LimitedRev. £0 · Profit −£14.8m
- Caudwell Properties (France) LtdRev. — · Profit £17.9m
- Doughty Investments LimitedRev. — · Profit £2.3m
- JDC Investments LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Lyme Properties LtdRev. — · Profit −£98.3k
- Titania 2027 LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit −£18.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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