C.B. Contracts (N.i.) Ltd
Registered name: C.B. CONTRACTS (N.I.) LTD
Part of Bell Global Ltd groupC.B. Contracts (N.i.) Ltd made £17.2m revenue and £424k profit in the year to 28 Mar 2025. read from filing text
C.B. Contracts (N.i.) Ltd’s revenue was £17.2m in the year to 28 Mar 2025, with £424k profit and 70 employees. The company is classified under “floor and wall covering” and is based in Belfast; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Belfast, Northern Ireland
- Age
- 26 yrs · since 2000
- 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: “The parent undertaking of the smallest group within which the company belongs and for which group financial statements are prepared is Bell”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 29 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2024 | 28 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £16.3m | — | £17.2m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £13.6m | — | £13.4m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £2.7m | — | £3.8m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £543k | — | £529k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £541k | — | £529k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £365k | — | £424k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £365k | — | £424k |
| Staff costs | — | — | £2.3m | — | £3.1m |
| Employees (average) | 40 | 41 | 53 | 53 | 70 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 2.2% | — | 2.5% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 16.6% | — | 21.9% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £308k | — | £246k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £6.9k | — | £6.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▲29.3% | — | ▲32.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £128k | £898k | £542k | £542k | £514k |
| Net assets | £1.3m | £570k | £934k | £934k | £1.1m |
| Fixed assets | £195k | £119k | £101k | £101k | £98.8k |
| Current assets | £3m | £4.5m | £4.5m | £4.5m | £5m |
| Debtors | £907k | £2.1m | £2m | £2m | £1.7m |
| Deferred income | — | — | £717k | — | £1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 21.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £246k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 9.7%
- 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
- ▲19%
- Now £1.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼5%
- Now £514k
- Headcount
- ▲32%
- Now 70
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £1m
- Fixed assets
- ▼2%
- Now £98.8k
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
- Bell Global Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Bell Global Property Services (UK) Ltd75–100%
- C.B. Contracts (N.i.) Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (10)
- Abco Management LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Bell Facilities Management LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Bell Group LtdFigures not disclosed
- Bsheq Consultants LtdFigures not disclosed
- Cyril John LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Napier and Company (Painters) LtdFigures not disclosed
- P&D Scotland LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Paint My Home by Bell LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ronald J. McDermid LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Torbay Decorating Company Ltd.Figures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 28 Mar 2025 (profit £424k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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