Courtenay Investments Limited
Registered name: COURTENAY INVESTMENTS LIMITED
Part of Courtenay Trust Limited groupCourtenay Investments Limited made £1.7m revenue and a £187k loss in the year to 31 Jan 2025. read from filing text
Courtenay Investments Limited’s revenue grew 17% to £1.7m in the year to 31 Jan 2025, with a loss of £187k and 15 employees. The company is classified under “development of building projects” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 71 yrs · since 1955
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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 Courtenay Trust Limited, a company registered in England and Wales whose registered address is”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.4m | £1.7m |
| Cost of sales | £570k | £631k |
| Gross profit | £859k | £1m |
| Operating profit | −£619k | −£553k |
| Profit before tax | £188k | £22.2k |
| Profit after tax | −£25.4k | −£187k |
| Profit (best available) | −£25.4k | −£187k |
| Employees (average) | 15 | 15 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −1.8% | −11.3% |
| Gross margin | 60.1% | 62.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £95.2k | £111k |
| Profit per employee | −£1.7k | −£12.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲16.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £266k | £461k |
| Net assets | £40.2m | £40m |
| Fixed assets | £20.5m | £20.7m |
| Current assets | £22.4m | £20.9m |
| Debtors | £90.3k | £81.6k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −11.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 62.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £111k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£12.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1245%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 4.9%
- 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
- ▼0%
- Now £40m
- Cash at bank
- ▲73%
- Now £461k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 15
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲1%
- Now £20.7m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Courtenay Trust Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Courtenay Investments Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (6)
- Albert Hide & Son LimitedRev. — · Profit £358k
- Bristol Road South LimitedRev. — · Profit £24.2k
- Courtenay Ventures LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Fulwood Place LimitedRev. — · Profit −£13.5k
- Mansfield Road LimitedRev. — · Profit £16.6k
- Market Chambers LimitedRev. — · Profit −£381k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jan 2025 (profit −£187k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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