Brick by Brick Croydon Limited
Registered name: BRICK BY BRICK CROYDON LIMITED
Part of London Borough Of Croydon Council groupBrick by Brick Croydon Limited made £38.5m revenue and a £539k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Brick by Brick Croydon Limited’s revenue grew 692% to £38.5m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £539k and 2 employees. The company is classified under “development of building projects” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Liquidation
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 11 yrs · since 2015
- 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. From the filing: “Brick by Brick Croydon Limited is 100% owned by the London Borough of Croydon, which is the immediate and ultimate controlling party”
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 | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £85.4m | £73m | £4.9m | £38.5m |
| Cost of sales | £95.8m | £70.7m | £9.7m | £37.5m |
| Gross profit | −£10.4m | £2.3m | −£4.8m | £996k |
| Operating profit | −£11.9m | £788k | −£5.6m | £929k |
| Profit before tax | −£20m | −£7.6m | −£11.8m | −£539k |
| Profit after tax | −£20m | −£7.6m | −£11.8m | −£539k |
| Profit (best available) | −£20m | −£7.6m | −£11.8m | −£539k |
| Staff costs | £1.7m | £1.2m | £880k | — |
| Employees (average) | 22 | 14 | 8 | 2 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −23.4% | −10.5% | −242.4% | −1.4% |
| Gross margin | −12.2% | 3.1% | −98.8% | 2.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £3.9m | £5.2m | £608k | £19.3m |
| Profit per employee | −£910k | −£546k | −£1.5m | −£269k |
| Cash conversion | — | −6193% | — | −1660% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼14.5% | ▼93.3% | ▲692.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼36.4% | ▼42.9% | ▼75% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £13.8m | £15.3m | £5.5m | £1.5m |
| Net assets | −£47.2m | −£54.9m | −£66.7m | −£67.2m |
| Fixed assets | £159k | £5.4k | £0 | — |
| Current assets | £179m | £124m | £45.6m | £3m |
| Debtors | £336k | £33.8k | £70.6k | £0 |
| Deferred income | £15.8m | £6.4m | £5.1m | £2.1m |
| Cash from operations | −£40.9m | −£48.8m | −£56.5m | −£15.4m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −1.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 2.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £19.3m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£269k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −1660%
- 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
- 5.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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 −£67.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼73%
- Now £1.5m
- Headcount
- ▼75%
- Now 2
- Deferred income
- ▼58%
- Now £2.1m
- 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
- London Borough Of Croydon Council (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Brick by Brick Croydon Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
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 −£539k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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