Complete Builders Merchants Limited
Registered name: COMPLETE BUILDERS MERCHANTS LIMITED
Complete Builders Merchants Limited made £334k revenue and a £25k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Complete Builders Merchants Limited’s revenue fell 56% to £334k in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £25k and 3 employees. The company is classified under “agents involved in the sale of timber and building materials” and is based in Exeter; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Exeter, South West
- Age
- 8 yrs · since 2017
- 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 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £837k | £972k | £750k | £334k |
| Cost of sales | £746k | £896k | £687k | £300k |
| Gross profit | £91.3k | £75.5k | £63.4k | £33.2k |
| Operating profit | £35.8k | £21.3k | £1.1k | −£24.5k |
| Profit before tax | £34.2k | £20.6k | £619 | −£25k |
| Profit after tax | £31.2k | £16.6k | £476 | −£25k |
| Profit (best available) | £31.2k | £16.6k | £476 | −£25k |
| Employees (average) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.7% | 1.7% | 0.1% | −7.5% |
| Gross margin | 10.9% | 7.8% | 8.5% | 9.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £279k | £324k | £250k | £111k |
| Profit per employee | £10.4k | £5.5k | £159 | −£8.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲16.1% | ▼22.8% | ▼55.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼46.7% | ▼97.1% | ▼5348% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £49.5k | £55.4k | £46.9k | £3.4k |
| Net assets | £11.5k | £28.1k | £28.6k | £3.6k |
| Fixed assets | £717 | £537 | £403 | — |
| Current assets | £85.1k | £104k | £116k | £3.4k |
| Debtors | £35.6k | £48.8k | £69.1k | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −7.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 9.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £111k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£8.3k
- 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
- ▼87%
- Now £3.6k
- Cash at bank
- ▼93%
- Now £3.4k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 3
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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- Revenue
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- Profit
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- Staff
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- Revenue
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- Profit
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- Revenue
- £993k
- Profit
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- Staff
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£25k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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