Chrystal Consulting Limited
Registered name: CHRYSTAL CONSULTING LIMITED
Part of Chrystal Holdings Limited groupChrystal Consulting Limited made £1.3m revenue and £55.2k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Chrystal Consulting Limited’s revenue fell 98% to £1.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £55.2k profit and 0 employees. The company is classified under “financial leasing” and is based in Cheadle; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cheadle, North West
- Age
- 29 yrs · since 1997
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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. From the filing: “The ultimate parent company is”
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&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £71.1m | £74.7m | £78.7m | £1.3m |
| Cost of sales | £65.5m | £68.8m | £73.2m | £1.2m |
| Gross profit | £5.6m | £5.9m | £5.5m | £142k |
| Operating profit | £3m | £2.9m | £3m | £79.3k |
| Profit before tax | £2.8m | £3m | £3.5m | £79.2k |
| Profit after tax | £2.3m | £2.5m | £2.7m | £55.2k |
| Profit (best available) | £2.3m | £2.5m | £2.7m | £55.2k |
| Staff costs | £1.9m | £2.3m | £2m | £9.9k |
| Employees (average) | 19 | 22 | 24 | 0 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.2% | 3.3% | 3.5% | 4.1% |
| Gross margin | 7.9% | 7.9% | 7% | 10.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £3.7m | £3.4m | £3.3m | — |
| Profit per employee | £121k | £112k | £114k | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲5.1% | ▲5.2% | ▼98.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲6.6% | ▲10.9% | ▼98% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲15.8% | ▲9.1% | ▼100% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £11.1m | £12.5m | £13.2m | £270k |
| Net assets | £13.5m | £15.9m | £16.4m | £16.4m |
| Fixed assets | £7m | £3.1m | £3.2m | £0 |
| Current assets | £24.3m | £29.3m | £30m | £17m |
| Debtors | £6.5m | £7.4m | £6.8m | £37.2k |
| Deferred income | — | £4.8m | £3.3m | £2.9k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 10.6%
- 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
- 0%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.8%
- 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
- ▲0%
- Now £16.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼98%
- Now £270k
- Headcount
- ▼100%
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- ▼100%
- Now £2.9k
- Fixed assets
- ▼100%
- Now £0
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Chrystal Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Chrystal Consulting Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Chrystal Medical LimitedRev. £83.4m · Profit £2.5m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £55.2k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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