Colchester Mercury Theatre Limited
Registered name: COLCHESTER MERCURY THEATRE LIMITED
Colchester Mercury Theatre Limited made £5.8m revenue and £481k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Colchester Mercury Theatre Limited’s revenue grew 8% to £5.8m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £481k profit and 98 employees. The company is classified under “performing arts” and is based in Colchester; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Colchester, East of England
- Age
- 79 yrs · since 1947
- 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 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £5.3m | £5.4m | £5.8m |
| Cost of sales | £5.3m | £5.1m | £5.4m |
| Operating profit | — | £317k | £481k |
| Profit before tax | −£9.8k | £317k | £481k |
| Profit after tax | −£9.8k | £317k | £481k |
| Profit (best available) | −£9.8k | £317k | £481k |
| Employees (average) | 95 | 96 | 98 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −0.2% | 5.9% | 8.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £55.6k | £56.5k | £59.5k |
| Profit per employee | −£103 | £3.3k | £4.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲2.8% | ▲7.6% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲51.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.1% | ▲2.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £59.5k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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 —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 98
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (2)
- Colchester Mercury Productions LtdFigures not disclosed
- Colchester Mercury Trading LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £481k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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