Carson Powell Holdings Limited
Registered name: CARSON POWELL HOLDINGS LIMITED
Carson Powell Holdings Limited made £21.9m revenue and £903k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Carson Powell Holdings Limited’s revenue grew 3% to £21.9m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £903k profit and 132 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Stoke-on-Trent; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Stoke-on-Trent, West Midlands
- Age
- 6 yrs · since 2019
- 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) | £17.7m | £22.8m | £21.3m | £21.9m |
| Cost of sales | £14.1m | £18.5m | £16.7m | £17.5m |
| Gross profit | £3.6m | £4.3m | £4.6m | £4.3m |
| Profit before tax | £1.3m | £1.8m | £1.7m | £1.2m |
| Profit after tax | £981k | £1.5m | £1.2m | £903k |
| Profit (best available) | £981k | £1.5m | £1.2m | £903k |
| Employees (average) | 145 | 155 | 110 | 132 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5.5% | 6.4% | 5.8% | 4.1% |
| Gross margin | 20.2% | 19.1% | 21.6% | 19.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £122k | £147k | £194k | £166k |
| Profit per employee | £6.8k | £9.4k | £11.2k | £6.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲29.1% | ▼6.8% | ▲2.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲48.4% | ▼15.6% | ▼26.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6.9% | ▼29% | ▲20% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3.9k | £59.2k | £2.9k | £4.3k |
| Net assets | £1.1m | £1.7m | £2m | £2m |
| Fixed assets | £429k | £590k | £541k | £603k |
| Current assets | £795k | £1.3m | £1.6m | £1.6m |
| Debtors | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Deferred income | £13k | £13k | £13k | £13k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 19.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £166k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- 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
- ▲1%
- Now £2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲47%
- Now £4.3k
- Headcount
- ▲20%
- Now 132
- Deferred income
- 0%
- Now £13k
- Fixed assets
- ▲12%
- Now £603k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (3)
- Carson Powell Construction LtdRev. £16.1m · Profit £639k
- Britannia Park Ind Est Management Co LtdFigures not disclosed
- Horton Building Plastics LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £903k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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