Canova Clay Limited
Registered name: CANOVA CLAY LIMITED
Part of 4D Capital Investments Limited groupCanova Clay Limited made £14.2m revenue and £17.7m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Canova Clay Limited’s revenue was £14.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £17.7m profit and 153 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of bricks, tiles and construction products, in baked clay” and is based in Sheffield; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Sheffield, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 1 yr · since 2024
- 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.
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently. From the filing: “The company's immediate parent company from incorporation until 13 June 2025 was Wavin Limited, a company registered in England and Wales, with registered office Wavin Edlington Lane, Edlington, Donca”
Key figures
Unusual figures. Profit is higher than revenue in this filing. That usually means investment income, dividends from subsidiaries or one-off gains — or a mis-tagged figure. Check the original filing before drawing conclusions.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2025 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £0 | £14.2m |
| Cost of sales | £0 | £8.1m |
| Gross profit | £0 | £6.1m |
| Operating profit | £0 | £875k |
| Profit before tax | £0 | £17.8m |
| Profit after tax | £0 | £17.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £0 | £17.7m |
| Staff costs | £0 | £5.2m |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 153 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | — | 124.3% |
| Gross margin | — | 42.6% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £92.8k |
| Profit per employee | — | £115k |
| Cash conversion | — | 3624% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £0 | £478k |
| Net assets | £1 | £27m |
| Fixed assets | £0 | £7m |
| Current assets | £1 | £48.1m |
| Debtors | £0 | £10.1m |
| Deferred income | £0 | £5.5m |
| Cash from operations | £1 | £31.7m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 124.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 42.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £92.8k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £115k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 3624%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 49.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 38.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 71.3%
- 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
- —
- Now £27m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £478k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 153
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £5.5m
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £7m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- 4D Capital Investments Limitedultimate parent50–75%
- 4D Bidco (4) Limited75–100%
- 4D Midco (4) Limited75–100%
- Canova Clay Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £17.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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