Central Demolition Limited
Registered name: CENTRAL DEMOLITION LIMITED
Part of Central Group Holdings Limited groupCentral Demolition Limited made £13.4m revenue and £73.3k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
Central Demolition Limited’s revenue grew 1% to £13.4m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £73.3k profit and 141 employees. The company is classified under “demolition” and is based in Bonnyside Road, Bonnybridge; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bonnyside Road, Bonnybridge, Scotland
- Age
- 29 yrs · since 1997
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10.3m | £12.2m | £13.2m | £13.4m |
| Cost of sales | £10.9m | £12m | £13.1m | £13m |
| Gross profit | −£615k | £145k | £103k | £380k |
| Operating profit | −£114k | £335k | £191k | £265k |
| Profit before tax | −£196k | £205k | £41k | £158k |
| Profit after tax | −£4.3k | £157k | £2k | £73.3k |
| Profit (best available) | −£4.3k | £157k | £2k | £73.3k |
| Staff costs | £6m | £6m | £6.5m | £6.8m |
| Employees (average) | 147 | 138 | 140 | 141 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0% | 1.3% | 0% | 0.5% |
| Gross margin | −5.9% | 1.2% | 0.8% | 2.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £70.3k | £88.4k | £94.5k | £95.2k |
| Profit per employee | −£29 | £1.1k | £14 | £520 |
| Cash conversion | — | −506.8% | −498.1% | −530.4% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲18% | ▲8.5% | ▲1.4% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼98.7% | ▲3587% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼6.1% | ▲1.5% | ▲0.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £286k | £957k | £74k | £198k |
| Net assets | £7.8m | £8m | £8m | £8.1m |
| Fixed assets | £5.4m | £5.5m | £5.6m | £5.4m |
| Current assets | £6m | £6.3m | £5.9m | £6.2m |
| Debtors | £564k | £725k | £407k | £435k |
| Deferred income | £0 | £239k | £0 | — |
| Cash from operations | −£1.1m | −£1.7m | −£949k | −£1.4m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 2.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £95.2k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £520
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −530.4%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 40.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3.2%
- 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
- ▲1%
- Now £8.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲168%
- Now £198k
- Headcount
- ▲1%
- Now 141
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼4%
- Now £5.4m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Central Group Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Central Demolition Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Central Recycling 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 30 Apr 2025 (profit £73.3k), 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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