Carnaby Caravans Limited
Registered name: CARNABY CARAVANS LIMITED
Part of Carnaby Group Holdings Ltd groupCarnaby Caravans Limited made £24.2m revenue and £1.1m profit in the year to 31 Oct 2025. read from filing text
Carnaby Caravans Limited’s revenue grew 36% to £24.2m in the year to 31 Oct 2025, with £1.1m profit and 114 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of caravans” and is based in Carnaby, Bridlington; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Carnaby, Bridlington, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 50 yrs · since 1976
- 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 Company's immediate parent is Carnaby Caravans Group Limited,”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Oct 2024 | 31 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £17.8m | £24.2m |
| Cost of sales | £14.5m | £20.1m |
| Gross profit | £3.4m | £4.1m |
| Operating profit | £518k | £1.5m |
| Profit before tax | £145k | £1.1m |
| Profit after tax | £145k | £1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £145k | £1.1m |
| Staff costs | £4.8m | £5.2m |
| Employees (average) | 111 | 114 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 0.8% | 4.6% |
| Gross margin | 18.8% | 17.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £161k | £212k |
| Profit per employee | £1.3k | £9.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲35.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲660.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £3.9m | £2.4m |
| Net assets | £10.7m | £11.8m |
| Fixed assets | £444k | £340k |
| Current assets | £14.8m | £17m |
| Debtors | £3.7m | £5.8m |
| Deferred income | £287k | £171k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 17.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £212k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £9.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 24%
- 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
- ▲10%
- Now £11.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▼39%
- Now £2.4m
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 114
- Deferred income
- ▼40%
- Now £171k
- Fixed assets
- ▼23%
- Now £340k
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
- Carnaby Group Holdings Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Carnaby Caravans Group Limited75–100%
- Carnaby Caravans 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 Oct 2025 (profit £1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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