Coastguard Road Limited
Registered name: COASTGUARD ROAD LIMITED
Coastguard Road Limited made £11.2m revenue and £65.2k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Coastguard Road Limited’s revenue fell 8% to £11.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £65.2k profit and 133 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of clothing and footwear” and is based in Heathpark, Honiton; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Heathpark, Honiton, South West
- Age
- 52 yrs · since 1974
- 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.
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&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £14.7m | £13.4m | £12.2m | £11.2m |
| Cost of sales | £5.9m | £5.4m | £5.2m | £4.5m |
| Gross profit | £8.8m | £8m | £7m | £6.8m |
| Operating profit | £1.1m | £787k | £338k | £347k |
| Profit before tax | £869k | £513k | £61.6k | £86.7k |
| Profit after tax | £706k | £391k | £44.1k | £65.2k |
| Profit (best available) | £706k | £391k | £44.1k | £65.2k |
| Staff costs | £3.1m | £3.3m | £3.1m | £2.9m |
| Employees (average) | 173 | 174 | 171 | 133 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4.8% | 2.9% | 0.4% | 0.6% |
| Gross margin | 60.1% | 59.9% | 57.1% | 60.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £84.7k | £76.7k | £71.5k | £84.5k |
| Profit per employee | £4.1k | £2.2k | £258 | £490 |
| Cash conversion | 56.6% | 169.3% | 402.6% | 138.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼8.9% | ▼8.5% | ▼8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼44.6% | ▼88.7% | ▲48% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲0.6% | ▼1.7% | ▼22.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.8m | £1.7m | £1.9m | £1.7m |
| Net assets | £3m | £2.4m | £1.7m | £1.4m |
| Fixed assets | £853k | £766k | £847k | £756k |
| Current assets | £5.7m | £5.3m | £4.9m | £5.1m |
| Debtors | £13.8k | £76k | £73.5k | £93.2k |
| Cash from operations | £607k | £1.3m | £1.4m | £482k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 60.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £84.5k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £490
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 138.9%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 6.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.8%
- 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
- ▼17%
- Now £1.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼6%
- Now £1.7m
- Headcount
- ▼22%
- Now 133
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼11%
- Now £756k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £65.2k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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