Cartwright Vehicle Conversions Limited
Registered name: CARTWRIGHT VEHICLE CONVERSIONS LIMITED
Cartwright Vehicle Conversions Limited made £19.3m revenue and £392k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Cartwright Vehicle Conversions Limited’s revenue fell 7% to £19.3m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £392k profit and 89 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of bodies (coachwork) for motor vehicles (except caravans)” and is based in Sheffield; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Sheffield, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 6 yrs · since 2020
- 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 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £13.1m | £17.6m | £20.7m | £19.3m |
| Cost of sales | £11m | £15.2m | £16.9m | £15.8m |
| Gross profit | £2.1m | £2.4m | £3.8m | £3.6m |
| Operating profit | £272k | £265k | £449k | £563k |
| Profit before tax | £241k | £307k | £383k | £490k |
| Profit after tax | £275k | £378k | £337k | £392k |
| Profit (best available) | £275k | £378k | £337k | £392k |
| Staff costs | £2.3m | £2.4m | £4.1m | £4.1m |
| Employees (average) | 73 | 78 | 124 | 89 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.1% | 2.1% | 1.6% | 2% |
| Gross margin | 16.3% | 13.5% | 18.3% | 18.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £180k | £226k | £167k | £217k |
| Profit per employee | £3.8k | £4.8k | £2.7k | £4.4k |
| Cash conversion | 13.2% | −1067% | 417% | −111.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲34.2% | ▲17.7% | ▼6.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲37.4% | ▼10.9% | ▲16.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6.9% | ▲59% | ▼28.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £680k | £3.1m | £1.5m | £2m |
| Net assets | £577k | £955k | £1.3m | £1.7m |
| Fixed assets | £199k | £793k | £657k | £578k |
| Current assets | £5m | £8.5m | £12m | £12.3m |
| Debtors | £444k | £842k | £2.9m | £2.4m |
| Deferred income | £284k | £3.7m | £2.4m | £2.6m |
| Cash from operations | £36k | −£2.8m | £1.9m | −£629k |
| 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
- 2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 18.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £217k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −111.8%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 13.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 12.3%
- 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
- ▲30%
- Now £1.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲37%
- Now £2m
- Headcount
- ▼28%
- Now 89
- Deferred income
- ▲9%
- Now £2.6m
- Fixed assets
- ▼12%
- Now £578k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £392k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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