Boston Carter Limited
Registered name: BOSTON CARTER LIMITED
Boston Carter Limited made £312k revenue and £79.3k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
Boston Carter Limited’s revenue fell 3% to £312k in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £79.3k profit and 7 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of metals and metal ores” and is based in Cardiff; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active - Proposal to Strike off
- Location
- Cardiff, Wales
- Age
- 4 yrs · since 2022
- 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 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £294k | £321k | £312k |
| Cost of sales | £188k | £164k | £210k |
| Gross profit | £106k | £157k | £103k |
| Operating profit | £106k | £157k | £103k |
| Profit before tax | £106k | £157k | £103k |
| Profit after tax | £85.8k | £119k | £79.3k |
| Profit (best available) | £85.8k | £119k | £79.3k |
| Employees (average) | 4 | 5 | 7 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 29.2% | 37.1% | 25.4% |
| Gross margin | 36% | 48.9% | 32.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £73.5k | £64.2k | £44.6k |
| Profit per employee | £21.4k | £23.8k | £11.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲9.2% | ▼2.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲38.9% | ▼33.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲25% | ▲40% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £19.4k | £43.6k | £18.6k |
| Net assets | £85.8k | £119k | £79.3k |
| Fixed assets | £34k | £37.5k | £38.5k |
| Current assets | £51.8k | £81.6k | £40.8k |
| Debtors | £14.9k | £19.5k | £9.1k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 25.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 32.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £44.6k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £11.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 12.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.9%
- 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
- ▼33%
- Now £79.3k
- Cash at bank
- ▼57%
- Now £18.6k
- Headcount
- ▲40%
- Now 7
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲3%
- Now £38.5k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £79.3k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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