Carter Electrical Services Limited
Registered name: CARTER ELECTRICAL SERVICES LIMITED
Part of Gravenhunger Group Limited groupCarter Electrical Services Limited made £26.9m revenue and £1.9m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025. read from filing text
Carter Electrical Services Limited’s revenue grew 64% to £26.9m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £1.9m profit and 33 employees. The company is classified under “electrical installation” and is based in Stoke on Trent; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Stoke on Trent, West Midlands
- Age
- 25 yrs · since 2001
- 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 ultimate parent company is Gravenhunger Group Limited, incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is First Floor, Unit 6 Riverside 2 Office Village, Campbell Road, Stoke on Trent, St”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £16.3m | £26.9m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £13.1m | £22.6m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £3.3m | £4.3m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £2.1m | £2.6m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £2.1m | £2.6m |
| Profit after tax | £780k | £662k | £1.6m | £1.9m |
| Profit (best available) | £780k | £662k | £1.6m | £1.9m |
| Staff costs | — | — | £1.2m | £1.6m |
| Employees (average) | 28 | 25 | 25 | 33 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 9.7% | 7.2% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 19.9% | 16.1% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £654k | £815k |
| Profit per employee | £27.8k | £26.5k | £63.5k | £58.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲64.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼15.1% | ▲139.9% | ▲22.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼10.7% | 0% | ▲32% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.1m | £1m | £3m | £2.3m |
| Net assets | £1.5m | £1.5m | £2.1m | £1.6m |
| Fixed assets | £107k | £126k | £143k | £110k |
| Current assets | £3.8m | £3m | £5.7m | £7.6m |
| Debtors | £1.3m | £1.3m | £1.3m | £3.5m |
| Deferred income | — | — | £24k | £1.4m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 16.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £815k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £58.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 5.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13%
- 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
- ▼23%
- Now £1.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼24%
- Now £2.3m
- Headcount
- ▲32%
- Now 33
- Deferred income
- ▲5653%
- Now £1.4m
- Fixed assets
- ▼23%
- Now £110k
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
- Gravenhunger Group Limitedultimate parent50–75%
- Carter Electrical Services 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 30 Sep 2025 (profit £1.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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