Ces Quarry Products Limited
Registered name: CES QUARRY PRODUCTS LIMITED
Ces Quarry Products Limited made £25.6m revenue and £391k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Ces Quarry Products Limited’s revenue grew 4% to £25.6m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £391k profit and 69 employees. The company is classified under “other mining and quarrying” and is based in Ballynahinch; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Ballynahinch, Northern Ireland
- Age
- 64 yrs · since 1962
- 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 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £24.6m | £25.6m |
| Cost of sales | £19m | £19.4m |
| Gross profit | £5.6m | £6.2m |
| Operating profit | £713k | £761k |
| Profit before tax | £595k | £656k |
| Profit after tax | £560k | £391k |
| Profit (best available) | £560k | £391k |
| Staff costs | £3.8m | £4.1m |
| Employees (average) | 69 | 69 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 2.3% | 1.5% |
| Gross margin | 22.8% | 24.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £357k | £371k |
| Profit per employee | £8.1k | £5.7k |
| Cash conversion | 34.1% | 71.2% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲4.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼30.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £632k | £383k |
| Net assets | £10m | £10.3m |
| Fixed assets | £10.9m | £10.5m |
| Current assets | £9.6m | £9.2m |
| Debtors | £5.1m | £4.9m |
| Deferred income | £184k | £225k |
| Cash from operations | £243k | £542k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 24.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £371k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 71.2%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 40.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 19.2%
- 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
- ▲3%
- Now £10.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼39%
- Now £383k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 69
- Deferred income
- ▲22%
- Now £225k
- Fixed assets
- ▼4%
- Now £10.5m
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 £391k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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