Langley Waterproofing Systems Limited
Registered name: LANGLEY WATERPROOFING SYSTEMS LIMITED
Part of Cavello Group Limited groupLangley Waterproofing Systems Limited made £28.4m revenue and a £4.1m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Langley Waterproofing Systems Limited’s revenue fell 26% to £28.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £4.1m and 81 employees. The company is classified under “roofing activities” and is based in Daventry; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Daventry, East Midlands
- Age
- 27 yrs · since 1999
- 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) | £34.4m | £33.2m | £38.4m | £28.4m |
| Cost of sales | £19m | £18.3m | £19.8m | £15.4m |
| Gross profit | £15.5m | £14.9m | £18.6m | £12.9m |
| Operating profit | £3.6m | £2.6m | £3.4m | −£3.7m |
| Profit before tax | £2.6m | £2.3m | £3.3m | −£4.1m |
| Profit after tax | £2.3m | £1.8m | £2.6m | −£4.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.3m | £1.8m | £2.6m | −£4.1m |
| Staff costs | £5.1m | £5.5m | £6.1m | — |
| Employees (average) | 66 | 70 | 85 | 81 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 6.6% | 5.4% | 6.9% | −14.6% |
| Gross margin | 44.9% | 45% | 48.4% | 45.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £521k | £474k | £452k | £350k |
| Profit per employee | £34.5k | £25.5k | £31.1k | −£51.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼3.5% | ▲15.6% | ▼26.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼21.6% | ▲48% | ▼256.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6.1% | ▲21.4% | ▼4.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.7m | £2.3m | £313k | — |
| Net assets | £6.5m | £7.5m | £7.2m | — |
| Fixed assets | £100k | £111k | £94.8k | — |
| Current assets | £12.4m | £12.4m | £15.8m | — |
| Debtors | £4.1m | £4.7m | £5.5m | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −14.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 45.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £350k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£51.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼5%
- Now 81
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Cavello Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Langley UK Limited75–100%
- Langley Waterproofing Systems Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (7)
- Langley Maintenance LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Langley Renewables LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Langley Roofing Solutions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Langley Structures LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Langley Structures Nominees LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Langley Technical Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Langley Training Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£4.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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