CPS BUILDING SERVICES LIMITED
Company number 04360959 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
CPS Building Services is a financially exceptional performer within the UK mid-tier M&E contracting sector, achieving operating margins of ~17% against a sector norm of 3-8% and demonstrating a decade-long growth trajectory that has transformed the business from a micro-enterprise to a £30M+ regional leader. The company's strategic positioning across counter-cyclical sectors (healthcare, defence, life sciences) and its expansion into higher-margin PPM and renewable services provide both resilience and structural growth potential. The primary risks centre on geographic concentration, framework dependency, and the execution challenge of sustaining above-sector margins as the business scales—though the strong balance sheet (net assets of £8.3M and £4.2M cash) provides significant strategic optionality.
Shareholders' funds
£8,284,316
Balance sheet as at 2022-01-31
What it does
The principal activity of the company in the year under review was that of Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2002-01-25
- Employees
- 120 (2022 accounts · was 109 in 2021)
- Registered office
- Unit 15a, Norman Way Industrial Estate Norman Way, Over, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, CB24 5QE
- Postcode
- CB24 5QE
- Capital
- 6 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 1 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2024-12-31
- Next due by
- 2026-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-05-09
- Next due by
- 2027-05-23
Nature of business (SIC)
- 43220 Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation
Officers 4 current · 11 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by ANDWIS GROUP LIMITED — since 2022-09-01
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Public contracts won 5
£1,447,172 total awarded value where published.
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Licensed visa sponsor
Licensed by the Home Office to sponsor worker visas: Skilled Worker (Worker (A rating)).
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Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZA437293 (Tier 2), registered since 2018.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- cpsbuildingservices.co.uk
- Phone
- +44 1223 232054, +441223232054
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| CAMBRIDGE PIPED SERVICES LTD | 2015-10-30 |
Previous registered addresses 6
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| TYBURN HOUSE STATION ROAD, OAKINGTON, CAMBRIDGE, CAMBRIDGESHIRE, CB24 3AH | 2019-04-25 |
| UNIT 4 THE MALTINGS MILLFIELD, COTTENHAM, CAMBRIDGE, CAMBRIDGESHIRE, CB24 8RE | 2010-07-06 |
| GISTERED OFFICE CHANGED ON 26/02/2009 FROM, UNIT D SOUTH CAMBRIDGE BUSINESS, PARK BABRAHAM ROAD, SAWSTON, CAMBRIDGESHIRE, CB2 4JH | 2009-02-26 |
| UNIT D SOUTH CAMBRIDGE BUSINESS, PARK BABRAHAM ROAD, SAWSTON, CAMBRIDGESHIRE, CB2 4JH | 2009-02-26 |
| ANGLIA HOUSE 8 STATION COURT, GREAT SHELFORD, CAMBRIDGE, CAMBRIDGESHIRE CB2 5NE | 2005-08-03 |
| SUITES 2 & 3, FROHOCK HOUSE, 222 MILL ROAD, CAMBRIDGE, CB1 3NF | 2003-03-24 |
Among its peers
Top 1%
by shareholders' funds, of 202 similar companies in CB
The largest employer among its local peers (120 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 2002.
No.1 of the largest plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation companies in Cambridge →
Competitors Cambridge
This company ranks 1 among plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation in Cambridge.
The class of 2002
41%
of the 1,153 companies in this sector incorporated in 2002 are still active today; 55% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 1 title
- Leasehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2024-01-15
- Where
- Cambridgeshire
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CB484435 | Cambridgeshire | Leasehold | 2024-01-15 | — |
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