Carter Lauren Construction (Holdings) Limited
Registered name: CARTER LAUREN CONSTRUCTION (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
Carter Lauren Construction (Holdings) Limited made £47.9m revenue and £532k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Carter Lauren Construction (Holdings) Limited’s revenue fell 12% to £47.9m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £532k profit and 103 employees. The company is classified under “dormant company” and is based in Cardiff; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cardiff, Wales
- Age
- 8 yrs · since 2018
- 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.
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) | £58.2m | £59.2m | £54.1m | £47.9m |
| Cost of sales | £56.4m | £55.4m | £48.9m | £42.7m |
| Gross profit | £1.9m | £3.8m | £5.3m | £5.1m |
| Operating profit | −£2m | £205k | £670k | £646k |
| Profit before tax | −£2.1m | £121k | £802k | £803k |
| Profit after tax | −£1.8m | £28.4k | £511k | £532k |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.8m | £28.4k | £511k | £532k |
| Employees (average) | 109 | 101 | 98 | 103 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −3% | 0.1% | 0.9% | 1.1% |
| Gross margin | 3.2% | 6.5% | 9.7% | 10.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £534k | £587k | £552k | £465k |
| Profit per employee | −£16.1k | £282 | £5.2k | £5.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲1.7% | ▼8.6% | ▼11.6% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲1698% | ▲4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼7.3% | ▼3% | ▲5.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £98.3k | £47k | £45.7k | £35.7k |
| Net assets | £6.2m | £6.1m | £6.1m | £6.6m |
| Fixed assets | £5.3m | £5.3m | £5.3m | £5.3m |
| Current assets | £2.2m | £2.1m | £2.1m | £2m |
| Debtors | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Deferred income | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 10.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £465k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 11%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- ▲9%
- Now £6.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼22%
- Now £35.7k
- Headcount
- ▲5%
- Now 103
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £0
- Fixed assets
- 0%
- Now £5.3m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Carter Lauren (Property) LimitedRev. £130k · Profit £635k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £532k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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