Charles Trent Oldco Limited
Registered name: CHARLES TRENT OLDCO LIMITED
Part of Charles Trent Holdco 1 Limited groupCharles Trent Oldco Limited made £0 revenue and a £1 loss in the year to 31 Jan 2025.
Charles Trent Oldco Limited’s revenue fell 100% to £0 in the year to 31 Jan 2025, with a loss of £1 and 0 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories” and is based in Avenue Parkstone Poole; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Avenue Parkstone Poole, South 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 Jan 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £41.3m | £32.3m | £0 |
| Cost of sales | £34.9m | £26.5m | £0 |
| Gross profit | £6.4m | £5.8m | £0 |
| Operating profit | −£1.7m | −£503k | −£1 |
| Profit before tax | −£1.5m | −£330k | −£1 |
| Profit after tax | −£929k | −£330k | −£1 |
| Profit (best available) | −£929k | −£330k | −£1 |
| Staff costs | £7.2m | £5.2m | £0 |
| Employees (average) | 219 | 222 | 0 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −2.3% | −1% | — |
| Gross margin | 15.6% | 18.1% | — |
| Revenue per employee | £189k | £145k | — |
| Profit per employee | −£4.2k | −£1.5k | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼21.8% | ▼100% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.4% | ▼100% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £62.5k | £0 | — |
| Net assets | £8.5m | £2.1m | £1.8m |
| Fixed assets | £6.4m | £0 | — |
| Current assets | £10.7m | £2.1m | — |
| Debtors | £792k | £0 | £1.8m |
| Deferred income | £1.3m | £0 | — |
| Cash from operations | £95.9k | −£188k | £1 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- ▼16%
- Now £1.8m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼100%
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Charles Trent Holdco 1 Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Charles Trent Holdings Limited75–100%
- Charles Trent Oldco Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Charles Trent Property LimitedRev. £0 · Profit £8.5m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jan 2025 (profit −£1), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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