Coombe Castle International Limited
Registered name: COOMBE CASTLE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Part of Coombe Castle Holdings Limited groupCoombe Castle International Limited made £35.1m revenue and £1.9m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Coombe Castle International Limited’s revenue was £35.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.9m profit and 43 employees. The company is classified under “non-specialised wholesale trade” and is based in Chippenham; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chippenham, South West
- Age
- 45 yrs · since 1980
- Type
- Private Limited Company
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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £32.2m | £32.3m | £24.5m | £35.1m |
| Cost of sales | — | £26.1m | £26.2m | £20.3m | £29m |
| Gross profit | — | £6.1m | £6.1m | £4.2m | £6m |
| Operating profit | — | £3.5m | £2.8m | £1.6m | £2.4m |
| Profit before tax | — | £3.5m | £2.9m | £1.8m | £2.5m |
| Profit after tax | £2.7m | £2.9m | £2.2m | £1.4m | £1.9m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.7m | £2.9m | £2.2m | £1.4m | £1.9m |
| Staff costs | — | £1.8m | £1.9m | £1.7m | £2.6m |
| Employees (average) | 35 | 38 | 39 | 42 | 43 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | — | 8.9% | 6.8% | 5.8% | 5.4% |
| Gross margin | — | 18.9% | 18.9% | 17% | 17.1% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £846k | £827k | £584k | £815k |
| Profit per employee | £77.7k | £75.4k | £56.5k | £33.7k | £43.8k |
| Cash conversion | — | −100.5% | −87.8% | −132.6% | −76% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲0.3% | — | — |
| Profit growth | — | ▲5.4% | ▼23.1% | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲8.6% | ▲2.6% | — | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £4.7m | £5.6m | £5.8m | £4.5m | £4.2m |
| Net assets | £7.8m | £9.2m | £10m | £8.2m | £8.7m |
| Fixed assets | £2m | £2m | £2m | £2m | £2m |
| Current assets | £10.6m | £12.2m | £11.9m | £10.4m | £10.9m |
| Debtors | £4.9m | £5.3m | £5m | £5m | £5.8m |
| Deferred income | £892k | £871k | £881k | £873k | £607k |
| Cash from operations | — | −£3.6m | −£2.5m | −£2.2m | −£1.9m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 17.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £815k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £43.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −76%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 5.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.7%
- 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
- —
- Now £8.7m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £4.2m
- Headcount
- —
- Now 43
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £607k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £2m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Coombe Castle Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Coombe Castle International Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- The Devon Cream Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £1.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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