C&D Auction Marts Limited
Registered name: C&D AUCTION MARTS LIMITED
C&D Auction Marts Limited made £6.2m revenue and £378k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2026.
C&D Auction Marts Limited’s revenue grew 16% to £6.2m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with £378k profit and 97 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in Carlisle; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Carlisle, North West
- Age
- 11 yrs · since 2015
- 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 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £4.7m | £5.3m | £6.2m |
| Cost of sales | −£1.4m | −£1.5m | −£1.6m |
| Gross profit | £3.3m | £3.8m | £4.6m |
| Operating profit | £248k | £550k | £597k |
| Profit before tax | £227k | £507k | £537k |
| Profit after tax | £143k | £356k | £378k |
| Profit (best available) | £143k | £356k | £378k |
| Employees (average) | 87 | 87 | 97 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 3.1% | 6.7% | 6.1% |
| Gross margin | 71% | 71.4% | 73.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £53.8k | £61.3k | £63.8k |
| Profit per employee | £1.6k | £4.1k | £3.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲13.9% | ▲16.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲148.5% | ▲6.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲11.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 73.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £63.8k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.9k
- 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
- ▲11%
- Now 97
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- C&D Rural LtdFigures not disclosed
Minority corporate shareholders
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2026 (profit £378k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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