Calvert Office Equipment Limited
Registered name: CALVERT OFFICE EQUIPMENT LIMITED
Part of Orby Holdings Limited groupCalvert Office Equipment Limited made £11.1m revenue and £1.7m profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
Calvert Office Equipment Limited’s revenue grew 6% to £11.1m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £1.7m profit and 45 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities”; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Northern Ireland
- Age
- 62 yrs · since 1964
- Type
- Private Limited Company
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: “Orby Holdings Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10.4m | £11.1m |
| Cost of sales | £3.7m | £4.4m |
| Gross profit | £6.8m | £6.7m |
| Operating profit | £2.6m | £2.2m |
| Profit before tax | £2.6m | £2.2m |
| Profit after tax | £1.9m | £1.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.9m | £1.7m |
| Staff costs | £2m | £2.1m |
| Employees (average) | 46 | 45 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 18.5% | 15% |
| Gross margin | 64.9% | 60.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £227k | £246k |
| Profit per employee | £41.9k | £37k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲6.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼13.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼2.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £1.4m | £721k |
| Net assets | £4.1m | £3.8m |
| Fixed assets | £2.2m | £2.7m |
| Current assets | £3.5m | £2.4m |
| Debtors | £1.4m | £1.4m |
| Deferred income | £146k | £341k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 15%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 60.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £246k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £37k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 24.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 12.6%
- 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
- ▼8%
- Now £3.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▼50%
- Now £721k
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 45
- Deferred income
- ▲134%
- Now £341k
- Fixed assets
- ▲21%
- Now £2.7m
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
- Orby Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Calvert Office Equipment Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Orby Investment LimitedRev. — · Profit £2.3m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit £1.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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