Cool Blue College Ltd
Registered name: COOL BLUE COLLEGE LTD
Cool Blue College Ltd made £579k revenue and £6.3k profit in the year to 31 Jul 2024.
Cool Blue College Ltd’s revenue fell 15% to £579k in the year to 31 Jul 2024, with £6.3k profit and 6 employees. The company is classified under “post-graduate level higher education” and is based in Consett; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Liquidation
- Location
- Consett, North East
- Age
- 33 yrs · since 1993
- 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 2022 | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £682k | £579k |
| Cost of sales | — | £201k | £64k |
| Gross profit | — | £481k | £515k |
| Profit before tax | — | −£9.5k | £6.3k |
| Profit after tax | — | −£9.5k | £6.3k |
| Profit (best available) | — | −£9.5k | £6.3k |
| Employees (average) | 20 | 14 | 6 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | −1.4% | 1.1% |
| Gross margin | — | 70.6% | 88.9% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £48.7k | £96.5k |
| Profit per employee | — | −£680 | £1.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼15% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼30% | ▼57.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £45.8k | £662 | £39.7k |
| Net assets | £185k | £176k | £151k |
| Fixed assets | £186k | £263k | £207k |
| Current assets | £220k | £242k | £123k |
| Debtors | £135k | £140k | £81.5k |
| Source | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 88.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £96.5k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 35.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14.1%
- 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
- ▼14%
- Now £151k
- Cash at bank
- ▲5902%
- Now £39.7k
- Headcount
- ▼57%
- Now 6
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼21%
- Now £207k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jul 2024 (profit £6.3k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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