Codecrest Limited
Registered name: CODECREST LIMITED
Part of Paragon Hotels Limited (Formerly Ensco 1156 Ltd) groupCodecrest Limited made £4.2m revenue and £28.8k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Codecrest Limited’s revenue grew 12% to £4.2m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £28.8k profit and 66 employees. The company is classified under “dormant company” and is based in Chorley; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chorley, North West
- Age
- 39 yrs · since 1987
- 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 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £3.6m | £3.8m | £4.2m |
| Cost of sales | £597k | £656k | £713k |
| Gross profit | £3m | £3.1m | £3.5m |
| Operating profit | £27.9k | £112k | £79.7k |
| Profit before tax | £31k | £113k | £80.4k |
| Profit after tax | −£89.4k | £63.4k | £28.8k |
| Profit (best available) | −£89.4k | £63.4k | £28.8k |
| Staff costs | £1.5m | £1.5m | £1.8m |
| Employees (average) | 71 | 65 | 66 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −2.5% | 1.7% | 0.7% |
| Gross margin | 83.4% | 82.5% | 83.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £50.7k | £57.8k | £64k |
| Profit per employee | −£1.3k | £976 | £436 |
| Cash conversion | −1144% | −292.5% | −573.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲4.4% | ▲12.4% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼54.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼8.5% | ▲1.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £137k | £251k | £367k |
| Net assets | £2.5m | £2.5m | £2.4m |
| Fixed assets | £8.1m | £8m | £7.8m |
| Current assets | £301k | £432k | £448k |
| Debtors | £12.3k | £6.8k | £9.3k |
| Cash from operations | −£319k | −£329k | −£458k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 83.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £64k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £436
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −573.8%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 184.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- 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
- ▼2%
- Now £2.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲46%
- Now £367k
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 66
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼3%
- Now £7.8m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Paragon Hotels Limited (Formerly Ensco 1156 Ltd) (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Classic Lodges Limited75–100%
- Codecrest Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Lakeside Hotel Windermere LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £28.8k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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