C&a Sales Ltd
Registered name: C&A SALES LTD
C&a Sales Ltd made £5.6m revenue and £538k profit in the year to 31 Jan 2024.
C&a Sales Ltd’s revenue grew 16% to £5.6m in the year to 31 Jan 2024, with £538k profit and 16 employees. The company is classified under “agents involved in the sale of a variety of goods” and is based in Leeds; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Liquidation
- Location
- Leeds, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 10 yrs · since 2016
- 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 Jan 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £4.9m | £5.6m |
| Cost of sales | £3.5m | £4.1m |
| Gross profit | £1.4m | £1.6m |
| Operating profit | £572k | £665k |
| Profit before tax | £576k | £665k |
| Profit after tax | £512k | £538k |
| Profit (best available) | £512k | £538k |
| Employees (average) | 14 | 16 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 10.5% | 9.6% |
| Gross margin | 28.7% | 28.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £347k | £352k |
| Profit per employee | £36.6k | £33.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲15.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲5.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲14.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £473k | £662k |
| Net assets | £2.7m | £3.2m |
| Fixed assets | £1.1m | £938k |
| Current assets | £1.9m | £2.6m |
| Debtors | £633k | £904k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 9.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 28.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £352k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £33.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 16.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 16.1%
- 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
- ▲20%
- Now £3.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲40%
- Now £662k
- Headcount
- ▲14%
- Now 16
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼13%
- Now £938k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jan 2024 (profit £538k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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