Century Electrical Wholesale Ltd
Registered name: CENTURY ELECTRICAL WHOLESALE LTD
Century Electrical Wholesale Ltd made £14.8m revenue and £537k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Century Electrical Wholesale Ltd’s revenue fell 4% to £14.8m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £537k profit and 60 employees. The company is classified under “non-specialised wholesale trade” and is based in Belfast; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Belfast, Northern Ireland
- Age
- 21 yrs · since 2004
- 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) | £15.5m | £14.8m |
| Cost of sales | £10.9m | £10.3m |
| Gross profit | £4.6m | £4.5m |
| Operating profit | £810k | £671k |
| Profit before tax | £810k | £717k |
| Profit after tax | £526k | £537k |
| Profit (best available) | £526k | £537k |
| Staff costs | £2.4m | £2.5m |
| Employees (average) | 57 | 60 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 3.4% | 3.6% |
| Gross margin | 29.5% | 30.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £271k | £247k |
| Profit per employee | £9.2k | £8.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼4.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £2.8m | £1.8m |
| Net assets | £5.8m | £5.8m |
| Fixed assets | £359k | £500k |
| Current assets | £7.9m | £7.9m |
| Debtors | £3.3m | £3.3m |
| Deferred income | £686k | £594k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 30.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £247k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £8.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 22.4%
- 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
- ▲1%
- Now £5.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▼34%
- Now £1.8m
- Headcount
- ▲5%
- Now 60
- Deferred income
- ▼13%
- Now £594k
- Fixed assets
- ▲39%
- Now £500k
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 £537k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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