County Oil Group Limited
Registered name: COUNTY OIL GROUP LIMITED
Part of County Oil Holdings Limited groupCounty Oil Group Limited made £50.3m revenue and £2.1m profit in the year to 30 Apr 2026.
County Oil Group Limited’s revenue grew 42% to £50.3m in the year to 30 Apr 2026, with £2.1m profit and 19 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of petroleum and petroleum products” and is based in Runcorn; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Runcorn, North West
- Age
- 40 yrs · since 1986
- 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. From the filing: “County Oil Holdings Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 | 30 Apr 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £34.6m | £53.4m | £35.4m | £35.5m | £50.3m |
| Cost of sales | £29m | £46.3m | £31.3m | £31m | £44.9m |
| Gross profit | £5.6m | £7.1m | £4.1m | £4.5m | £5.5m |
| Operating profit | £4.1m | £5.3m | £2.2m | £2.6m | £2.8m |
| Profit before tax | £4.1m | £5.3m | £2.3m | £2.8m | £2.9m |
| Profit after tax | £3.3m | £4.3m | £1.8m | £2.1m | £2.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.3m | £4.3m | £1.8m | £2.1m | £2.1m |
| Staff costs | £753k | £853k | £1.2m | £1.1m | £1.7m |
| Employees (average) | 18 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 19 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 9.5% | 8.1% | 5.1% | 5.8% | 4.2% |
| Gross margin | 16.3% | 13.3% | 11.7% | 12.6% | 10.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.9m | £2.8m | £1.9m | £1.8m | £2.6m |
| Profit per employee | £183k | £228k | £95.2k | £104k | £111k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲54.2% | ▼33.7% | ▲0.3% | ▲41.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲31.5% | ▼58.1% | ▲14.5% | ▲2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5.6% | 0% | ▲5.3% | ▼5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £6.8m | £6.8m | £4.6m | £3m | £3.7m |
| Net assets | £5.1m | £6.4m | £4.8m | £3.4m | £4.5m |
| Fixed assets | £505k | £594k | £814k | £814k | £684k |
| Current assets | £12.2m | £9.6m | £8.8m | £8.6m | £12m |
| Debtors | £3.5m | £2.2m | £3.2m | £3.7m | £5.9m |
| Deferred income | £324k | £88.2k | £101k | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 10.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £2.6m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £111k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11.7%
- 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
- ▲34%
- Now £4.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲23%
- Now £3.7m
- Headcount
- ▼5%
- Now 19
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼16%
- Now £684k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- County Oil Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- County Oil Group Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- County Fuels 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 30 Apr 2026 (profit £2.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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