Curtins Consulting Limited
Registered name: CURTINS CONSULTING LIMITED
Part of Curtins Trustees Limited groupCurtins Consulting Limited made £35.9m revenue and £1.2m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Curtins Consulting Limited’s revenue grew 1% to £35.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.2m profit and 377 employees. The company is classified under “engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities” and is based in Liverpool; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Liverpool, 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.
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) | £34.2m | £36.7m | £35.6m | £35.9m |
| Cost of sales | £26.6m | £28.7m | £28.6m | £29.2m |
| Gross profit | £7.6m | £8m | £7m | £6.8m |
| Operating profit | £2.3m | £1.6m | £410k | £758k |
| Profit before tax | £2.4m | £1.7m | £537k | £846k |
| Profit after tax | £2.3m | £1.9m | £1.1m | £1.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.3m | £1.9m | £1.1m | £1.2m |
| Staff costs | £20.3m | £22.8m | £22.8m | £23.3m |
| Employees (average) | 367 | 396 | 390 | 377 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 6.7% | 5.1% | 3% | 3.4% |
| Gross margin | 22.2% | 21.8% | 19.6% | 18.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £93.3k | £92.8k | £91.3k | £95.4k |
| Profit per employee | £6.2k | £4.7k | £2.8k | £3.2k |
| Cash conversion | −135.1% | −95.1% | −100.6% | −131.2% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲7.3% | ▼3.1% | ▲1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼18% | ▼42.3% | ▲12.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7.9% | ▼1.5% | ▼3.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £4.8m | £5.3m | £4.9m | £4.9m |
| Net assets | £8.6m | £9.8m | £10.2m | £10.5m |
| Fixed assets | £1.3m | £1.6m | £1.4m | £1.3m |
| Current assets | £16.5m | £16.7m | £15.8m | £16.6m |
| Debtors | £7.3m | £7.4m | £7.3m | £7.4m |
| Cash from operations | −£3.2m | −£1.5m | −£412k | −£994k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 18.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £95.4k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −131.2%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 20.6%
- 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
- ▲3%
- Now £10.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼2%
- Now £4.9m
- Headcount
- ▼3%
- Now 377
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼7%
- Now £1.3m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Curtins Trustees Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Curtins Group Limited75–100%
- Curtins Consulting Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Curtins LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Hadwens Apartments 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 £1.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 14 Oct 2026
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