C & S Builders Merchants (Stamford Hill) Limited
Registered name: C & S BUILDERS MERCHANTS (STAMFORD HILL) LIMITED
C & S Builders Merchants (Stamford Hill) Limited made £11.1m revenue and £251k profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025.
C & S Builders Merchants (Stamford Hill) Limited’s revenue grew 10% to £11.1m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £251k profit and 55 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale of hardware, paints and glass in specialised stores” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 40 yrs · since 1986
- 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 is not under the control of any one shareholder or groups of shareholders.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jul 2022 | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £12.9m | £11.6m | £10.1m | £11.1m |
| Cost of sales | £6.8m | £6.3m | £5.5m | £5.9m |
| Gross profit | £6.1m | £5.3m | £4.6m | £5.2m |
| Operating profit | £2.6m | £2.3m | £531k | £675k |
| Profit before tax | £3m | £2.3m | £630k | £772k |
| Profit after tax | £1.7m | £1.4m | £147k | £251k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.7m | £1.4m | £147k | £251k |
| Staff costs | £2.8m | £2.2m | £3.4m | £3.8m |
| Employees (average) | 53 | 51 | 56 | 55 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 12.8% | 12.5% | 1.5% | 2.3% |
| Gross margin | 46.9% | 45.8% | 45.2% | 46.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £244k | £227k | £180k | £202k |
| Profit per employee | £31.3k | £28.3k | £2.6k | £4.6k |
| Cash conversion | 12.4% | 80.8% | −139.2% | 15.2% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼10.3% | ▼13.1% | ▲10.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼12.8% | ▼89.8% | ▲71.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼3.8% | ▲9.8% | ▼1.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3.2m | £4.5m | £3.4m | £3.6m |
| Net assets | £17.8m | £19.3m | £19.4m | £19.7m |
| Fixed assets | £7.9m | £7.5m | £7.2m | £7m |
| Current assets | £12.3m | £13.1m | £14.2m | £15.1m |
| Debtors | £2m | £2m | £2m | £2.7m |
| Deferred income | £19.3k | £19.3k | £19k | £24.1k |
| Cash from operations | £323k | £1.8m | −£739k | £103k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 46.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £202k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 15.2%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 62.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 24.3%
- 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 £19.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲5%
- Now £3.6m
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 55
- Deferred income
- ▲27%
- Now £24.1k
- Fixed assets
- ▼3%
- Now £7m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- C & S (Walthamstow) Investments 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 Jul 2025 (profit £251k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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