The Continuity Company Limited
Registered name: THE CONTINUITY COMPANY LIMITED
The Continuity Company Limited made £11.3m revenue and a £1.4m loss in the year to 31 Jul 2024.
The Continuity Company Limited’s revenue fell 10% to £11.3m in the year to 31 Jul 2024, with a loss of £1.4m and 67 employees. The company is classified under “other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets” and is based in Hayes; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Hayes, London
- Age
- 35 yrs · since 1991
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £12.6m | £11.3m |
| Cost of sales | £942k | £914k |
| Gross profit | £11.6m | £10.4m |
| Operating profit | £49k | −£1.4m |
| Profit before tax | £73k | −£1.4m |
| Profit after tax | £608k | −£1.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £608k | −£1.4m |
| Employees (average) | 68 | 67 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 4.8% | −12.6% |
| Gross margin | 92.5% | 91.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £185k | £168k |
| Profit per employee | £8.9k | −£21.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼10.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼333.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼1.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £602k | £191k |
| Net assets | £4.3m | £2.9m |
| Fixed assets | £12.2m | £12.1m |
| Current assets | £3.7m | £2.6m |
| Debtors | £107k | £52k |
| Deferred income | £302k | £807k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −12.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 91.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £168k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£21.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 107%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 7.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.5%
- 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
- ▼33%
- Now £2.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▼68%
- Now £191k
- Headcount
- ▼1%
- Now 67
- Deferred income
- ▲167%
- Now £807k
- Fixed assets
- ▼2%
- Now £12.1m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Drivvn LtdFigures 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 Jul 2024 (profit −£1.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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