Carlick Contract Furniture Limited
Registered name: CARLICK CONTRACT FURNITURE LIMITED
Part of N & N Management Limited groupCarlick Contract Furniture Limited made £16.2m revenue and £550k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Carlick Contract Furniture Limited’s revenue grew 11% to £16.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £550k profit and 138 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other furniture” and is based in Manchester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Manchester, North West
- Age
- 53 yrs · since 1973
- 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 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £14.9m | £12.7m | £14.6m | £16.2m |
| Cost of sales | £11.4m | £9.6m | £11.4m | £12.3m |
| Gross profit | £3.5m | £3.1m | £3.2m | £3.9m |
| Operating profit | £1.1m | £506k | £550k | £970k |
| Profit before tax | £989k | £364k | £380k | £718k |
| Profit after tax | £823k | £316k | £317k | £550k |
| Profit (best available) | £823k | £316k | £317k | £550k |
| Staff costs | £4.2m | £4.1m | £4.9m | £5.6m |
| Employees (average) | 113 | 119 | 124 | 138 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5.5% | 2.5% | 2.2% | 3.4% |
| Gross margin | 23.6% | 24.5% | 22.1% | 24.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £132k | £107k | £118k | £117k |
| Profit per employee | £7.3k | £2.7k | £2.6k | £4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼14.6% | ▲14.4% | ▲11.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼61.6% | ▲0.4% | ▲73.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5.3% | ▲4.2% | ▲11.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £130k | £7.1k | £1.8k | £980 |
| Net assets | £5.3m | £5.4m | £5.6m | £6m |
| Fixed assets | £560k | £495k | £433k | £403k |
| Current assets | £9.1m | £8.6m | £9.6m | £10.5m |
| Debtors | £2.3m | £1.6m | £1.9m | £2.5m |
| Deferred income | £180k | £207k | £257k | £144k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 24.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £117k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 15.5%
- 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
- ▲7%
- Now £6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼44%
- Now £980
- Headcount
- ▲11%
- Now 138
- Deferred income
- ▼44%
- Now £144k
- Fixed assets
- ▼7%
- Now £403k
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
- N & N Management Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- NSN Management Co Limited75–100%
- Carlick Contract Furniture Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £550k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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