Carpet and Latex International Limited
Registered name: CARPET AND LATEX INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Part of Carpet & Latex Holdings Ltd groupCarpet and Latex International Limited made £14.8m revenue and £1.1m profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025. read from filing text
Carpet and Latex International Limited’s revenue fell 4% to £14.8m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £1.1m profit and 20 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other inorganic basic chemicals” and is based in Bolton; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bolton, North West
- Age
- 31 yrs · since 1995
- 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 parent undertaking is Carpet & Latex Holdings Ltd, a company registered in England and Wales. The registered office is Bradley Fold Trading Estate, Bolton.”
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 | Profit & lossread from filing text | Profit & lossread from filing text | Profit & lossread from filing text | Profit & lossread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £15.4m | £15.4m | £15.4m | £14.8m |
| Cost of sales | £13.5m | £13.2m | £12.1m | £11.8m |
| Gross profit | £1.9m | £2.2m | £3.3m | £3m |
| Operating profit | £746k | £1.1m | £2.1m | £1.6m |
| Profit before tax | £745k | £995k | £2.1m | £1.5m |
| Profit after tax | £603k | £934k | £1.5m | £1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £603k | £934k | £1.5m | £1.1m |
| Staff costs | — | £778k | £957k | £1.1m |
| Employees (average) | 17 | 17 | 17 | 20 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.9% | 6% | 10.1% | 7.7% |
| Gross margin | 12.3% | 14.5% | 21.5% | 20.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £905k | £908k | £907k | £738k |
| Profit per employee | £35.5k | £54.9k | £91.2k | £56.7k |
| Cash conversion | −71.3% | −64.6% | −91.6% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲0.3% | ▼0% | ▼4.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲54.8% | ▲66% | ▼26.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | ▲17.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £384k | £408k | £795k | £409k |
| Net assets | £2.8m | £3.2m | £3.8m | £3.9m |
| Fixed assets | £162k | £174k | £282k | £761k |
| Current assets | £5.3m | £6.3m | £6.9m | £6.3m |
| Debtors | £3m | £2.8m | £3.1m | £2.7m |
| Deferred income | £148k | £106k | £155k | £173k |
| Cash from operations | −£532k | −£705k | −£1.9m | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 20.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £738k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £56.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 5.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 18.4%
- 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
- ▼48%
- Now £409k
- Headcount
- ▲18%
- Now 20
- Deferred income
- ▲12%
- Now £173k
- Fixed assets
- ▲170%
- Now £761k
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
- Carpet & Latex Holdings Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Carpet and Latex International 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 Jul 2025 (profit £1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.