Carter and Faraday Associates Limited
Registered name: CARTER AND FARADAY ASSOCIATES LIMITED
Carter and Faraday Associates Limited made £1.4m revenue and £35.1k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
Carter and Faraday Associates Limited’s revenue grew 5% to £1.4m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £35.1k profit and 62 employees. The company is classified under “general cleaning of buildings” and is based in Lindfield; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Lindfield, South East
- Age
- 18 yrs · since 2008
- 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 | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.2m | £1.4m | £1.3m | £1.4m |
| Cost of sales | £737k | £924k | £911k | £929k |
| Gross profit | £491k | £505k | £428k | £478k |
| Operating profit | £157k | £114k | £45.5k | £81.7k |
| Profit before tax | £155k | £99.4k | £25.7k | £59.2k |
| Profit after tax | £123k | £82.5k | £18.2k | £35.1k |
| Profit (best available) | £123k | £82.5k | £18.2k | £35.1k |
| Employees (average) | 65 | 71 | 61 | 62 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 10% | 5.8% | 1.4% | 2.5% |
| Gross margin | 40% | 35.4% | 31.9% | 34% |
| Revenue per employee | £18.9k | £20.1k | £21.9k | £22.7k |
| Profit per employee | £1.9k | £1.2k | £298 | £567 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲16.4% | ▼6.3% | ▲5.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼33% | ▼78% | ▲93.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲9.2% | ▼14.1% | ▲1.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £91.5k | £133k | £64.4k | £98.2k |
| Net assets | −£6.8k | −£28.1k | −£114k | −£178k |
| Fixed assets | £43.9k | £137k | £187k | £141k |
| Current assets | £155k | £181k | £77.1k | £115k |
| Debtors | £26k | £13.5k | £2.7k | £6.6k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 34%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £22.7k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £567
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 10.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.5%
- 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 −£178k
- Cash at bank
- ▲52%
- Now £98.2k
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 62
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼24%
- Now £141k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £35.1k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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