Canute Management Services Limited
Registered name: CANUTE MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITED
Canute Management Services Limited made £47.7m revenue and £267k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Canute Management Services Limited’s revenue grew 41% to £47.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £267k profit and 1,111 employees. The company is classified under “non-trading company” and is based in Southampton; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Southampton, South East
- Age
- 27 yrs · since 1998
- 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. From the filing: “Canute Management Services Limited, a company registered in England and Wales, is controlled by it's directors.”
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&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £29.2m | £31.2m | £33.8m | £47.7m |
| Cost of sales | £28.6m | £30.4m | £32.8m | £46.8m |
| Gross profit | £603k | £846k | £932k | £883k |
| Operating profit | £206k | £394k | £438k | £363k |
| Profit before tax | £210k | £399k | £444k | £367k |
| Profit after tax | £168k | £288k | £344k | £267k |
| Profit (best available) | £168k | £288k | £344k | £267k |
| Staff costs | £27.8m | £29.5m | £32m | £45.4m |
| Employees (average) | 845 | 867 | 863 | 1,111 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.6% | 0.9% | 1% | 0.6% |
| Gross margin | 2.1% | 2.7% | 2.8% | 1.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £34.5k | £36k | £39.1k | £43k |
| Profit per employee | £199 | £332 | £399 | £240 |
| Cash conversion | −78.1% | 36.5% | −42% | 883.7% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲7.1% | ▲8.1% | ▲41.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲71.1% | ▲19.6% | ▼22.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2.6% | ▼0.5% | ▲28.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.7m | £2m | £2m | £4.9m |
| Net assets | £1.1m | £1.1m | £1.2m | £1.3m |
| Fixed assets | £3.7k | £2.2k | £1.6k | £1.3m |
| Current assets | £2.8m | £2.9m | £3.1m | £5.9m |
| Debtors | £898k | £698k | £866k | £780k |
| Deferred income | £16.9k | £40.7k | £72.6k | £2.2m |
| Cash from operations | −£161k | £144k | −£184k | £3.2m |
| 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
- 0.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 1.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £43k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £240
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 883.7%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.6%
- 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
- ▲6%
- Now £1.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲145%
- Now £4.9m
- Headcount
- ▲29%
- Now 1,111
- Deferred income
- ▲2962%
- Now £2.2m
- Fixed assets
- ▲85246%
- Now £1.3m
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)
- South Coast Port Services LimitedRev. £47.7m · Profit £281k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £267k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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