Cawarden Co. Limited
Registered name: CAWARDEN CO. LIMITED
Cawarden Co. Limited made £21.3m revenue and £226k profit in the year to 31 Jan 2025.
Cawarden Co. Limited’s revenue fell 21% to £21.3m in the year to 31 Jan 2025, with £226k profit and 79 employees. The company is classified under “site preparation” and is based in Lichfield; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Lichfield, West Midlands
- Age
- 26 yrs · since 2000
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jan 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £19.6m | £26.8m | £21.3m |
| Cost of sales | £18.5m | £25.6m | £19.9m |
| Gross profit | £1.1m | £1.2m | £1.3m |
| Operating profit | £85.1k | £304k | £282k |
| Profit before tax | £62.3k | £252k | £247k |
| Profit after tax | £127k | £255k | £226k |
| Profit (best available) | £127k | £255k | £226k |
| Staff costs | £3.2m | £3.6m | £3.4m |
| Employees (average) | 76 | 83 | 79 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 0.6% | 0.9% | 1.1% |
| Gross margin | 5.6% | 4.5% | 6.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £258k | £323k | £269k |
| Profit per employee | £1.7k | £3.1k | £2.9k |
| Cash conversion | 416.8% | −62.9% | −195.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲36.6% | ▼20.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲101.7% | ▼11.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲9.2% | ▼4.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1.1m | £1m | £1.1m |
| Net assets | £1.6m | £1.9m | £2.1m |
| Fixed assets | £206k | £285k | £594k |
| Current assets | £6.4m | £5.8m | £5.9m |
| Debtors | £1.8m | £3.9m | £2.6m |
| Cash from operations | £355k | −£191k | −£550k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 6.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £269k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −195.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 12.1%
- 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
- ▲12%
- Now £2.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲4%
- Now £1.1m
- Headcount
- ▼5%
- Now 79
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲109%
- Now £594k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jan 2025 (profit £226k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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