Cairnhill Structures Limited
Registered name: CAIRNHILL STRUCTURES LIMITED
Part of Watson-Towers (Holdings) Limited groupCairnhill Structures Limited made £23m revenue and £2.1m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Cairnhill Structures Limited’s revenue grew 51% to £23m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £2.1m profit and 133 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other fabricated metal products” and is based in Lanarkshire; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Lanarkshire, Scotland
- Age
- 46 yrs · since 1980
- 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 ultimate parent company and the smallest and largest group in which the results are consolidated is Watson-Towers (Holdings) Limited. The registered office of Watson-Towers (Holdings)”
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 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £15.3m | £15.1m | £15.2m | £23m |
| Cost of sales | £13.2m | £12.9m | £11.5m | £17.9m |
| Gross profit | £2m | £2.2m | £3.7m | £5m |
| Operating profit | £858k | £985k | £1.9m | £2.9m |
| Profit before tax | £847k | £978k | £1.9m | £2.9m |
| Profit after tax | £1.1m | £1.2m | £1.7m | £2.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.1m | £1.2m | £1.7m | £2.1m |
| Staff costs | £4.4m | £4.1m | £5.7m | £7.7m |
| Employees (average) | 110 | 107 | 115 | 133 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 7.4% | 8.1% | 11.3% | 9.2% |
| Gross margin | 13.3% | 14.4% | 24.4% | 22% |
| Revenue per employee | £139k | £141k | £132k | £173k |
| Profit per employee | £10.3k | £11.4k | £14.9k | £15.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼1.2% | ▲0.6% | ▲51.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲7.4% | ▲40.3% | ▲23.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼2.7% | ▲7.5% | ▲15.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.1m | £2.4m | £2.4m | £2.7m |
| Net assets | £3.3m | £3.7m | £3.8m | £3.9m |
| Fixed assets | £857k | £699k | £841k | £1.2m |
| Current assets | £7.2m | £7.1m | £6.8m | £8.2m |
| Debtors | £1.9m | £1.6m | £1.6m | £3m |
| Deferred income | £196k | £197k | £249k | £565k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 9.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 22%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £173k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £15.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 5.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.2%
- 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
- ▲4%
- Now £3.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲14%
- Now £2.7m
- Headcount
- ▲16%
- Now 133
- Deferred income
- ▲127%
- Now £565k
- Fixed assets
- ▲45%
- Now £1.2m
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
- Watson-Towers (Holdings) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Cairnhill Structures Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Cairnhill Structures (UK) LtdFigures not disclosed
- Watson-Towers LimitedFigures 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 31 Mar 2025 (profit £2.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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