C&WH Butt Limited
Registered name: C&WH BUTT LIMITED
C&WH Butt Limited made £13.5m revenue and a £2.5m loss in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
C&WH Butt Limited’s revenue fell 27% to £13.5m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with a loss of £2.5m and 92 employees. The company is classified under “activities of distribution holding companies” and is based in Northampton; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Liquidation
- Location
- Northampton, East Midlands
- Age
- 3 yrs · since 2023
- 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 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £18.5m | £13.5m |
| Cost of sales | −£14.2m | −£11.6m |
| Gross profit | £4.3m | £1.9m |
| Operating profit | £368k | −£2.7m |
| Profit before tax | £491k | −£2.5m |
| Profit after tax | £163k | −£2.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £163k | −£2.5m |
| Employees (average) | 134 | 92 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 0.9% | −18.6% |
| Gross margin | 23.3% | 14% |
| Revenue per employee | £138k | £147k |
| Profit per employee | £1.2k | −£27.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼27.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼1639% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼31.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £1 | — |
| Net assets | £1 | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −18.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 14%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £147k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£27.2k
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼31%
- Now 92
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- C Butt Holdings LimitedLiquidationRev. — · Profit −£1.7m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit −£2.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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