R.m.curtis & Co.,limited
Registered name: R.M.CURTIS & CO.,LIMITED
R.m.curtis & Co.,limited made £44.2m revenue and £163k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
R.m.curtis & Co.,limited’s revenue fell 16% to £44.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £163k profit and 100 employees. The company is classified under “non-specialised wholesale trade”; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London
- Age
- 95 yrs · since 1930
- 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 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £55.3m | £49.7m | £52.5m | £44.2m |
| Cost of sales | £51.3m | £44.3m | £46.4m | £38.1m |
| Gross profit | £4m | £5.4m | £6.1m | £6.1m |
| Operating profit | £185k | £425k | £99.9k | £96.3k |
| Profit before tax | £179k | £294k | £156k | £163k |
| Profit after tax | £605k | −£289k | £95.8k | £163k |
| Profit (best available) | £605k | −£289k | £95.8k | £163k |
| Staff costs | £3.9m | £4m | £4.8m | £4.7m |
| Employees (average) | 108 | 108 | 103 | 100 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.1% | −0.6% | 0.2% | 0.4% |
| Gross margin | 7.2% | 10.9% | 11.6% | 13.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £512k | £460k | £510k | £442k |
| Profit per employee | £5.6k | −£2.7k | £930 | £1.6k |
| Cash conversion | −1239% | 454.1% | −1532% | −4895% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼10.1% | ▲5.7% | ▼15.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼147.8% | — | ▲69.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▼4.6% | ▼2.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £483k | £554k | £1.2m | £5.2m |
| Net assets | £7.3m | £7m | £7.1m | £7.3m |
| Fixed assets | £516k | £448k | £497k | £1.1m |
| Current assets | £42.5m | £39.9m | £22.9m | £24.7m |
| Debtors | £10.3m | £9.5m | £10.6m | £7.3m |
| Deferred income | £6.6m | £3.8m | £1.1m | £386k |
| Cash from operations | −£2.3m | £1.9m | −£1.5m | −£4.7m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 13.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £442k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −4895%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 16.5%
- 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
- ▲2%
- Now £7.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲326%
- Now £5.2m
- Headcount
- ▼3%
- Now 100
- Deferred income
- ▼64%
- Now £386k
- Fixed assets
- ▲112%
- Now £1.1m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £163k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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