Eae Creative Colour Limited
Registered name: EAE CREATIVE COLOUR LIMITED
Eae Creative Colour Limited made £10.4m revenue and £180k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Eae Creative Colour Limited’s revenue grew 4% to £10.4m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £180k profit and 79 employees. The company is classified under “printing” and is based in Norwich; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Norwich, East of England
- Age
- 61 yrs · since 1965
- 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 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10m | £10m | £10.4m |
| Cost of sales | −£6.9m | −£7.2m | −£7.3m |
| Gross profit | £3.1m | £2.8m | £3.1m |
| Operating profit | £411k | £206k | £396k |
| Profit before tax | £291k | £60.8k | £210k |
| Profit after tax | £270k | £76.3k | £180k |
| Profit (best available) | £270k | £76.3k | £180k |
| Employees (average) | 82 | 78 | 79 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 2.7% | 0.8% | 1.7% |
| Gross margin | 31.3% | 28.2% | 29.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £122k | £128k | £132k |
| Profit per employee | £3.3k | £978 | £2.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲0.5% | ▲4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼71.7% | ▲135.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4.9% | ▲1.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 29.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £132k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.3k
- 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
- ▲1%
- Now 79
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Castle Colour Packaging LimitedFigures 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 30 Sep 2025 (profit £180k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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