Course Hill Fuel Depot Limited
Registered name: COURSE HILL FUEL DEPOT LIMITED
Course Hill Fuel Depot Limited made £20.3m revenue and £1.6m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Course Hill Fuel Depot Limited’s revenue fell 3% to £20.3m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £1.6m profit and 24 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of petroleum and petroleum products” and is based in Narberth; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Narberth, Wales
- Age
- 27 yrs · since 1998
- 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £22.6m | £26.2m | £20.9m | £20.3m |
| Cost of sales | £18.4m | £22.1m | £17.3m | £16.4m |
| Gross profit | £4.2m | £4m | £3.6m | £3.9m |
| Operating profit | £2.5m | £2.2m | £1.7m | £1.8m |
| Profit before tax | £2.5m | £2.4m | £2.2m | £2.2m |
| Profit after tax | £2m | £1.9m | £1.6m | £1.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £2m | £1.9m | £1.6m | £1.6m |
| Employees (average) | 24 | 24 | 25 | 24 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 8.9% | 7.4% | 7.4% | 7.9% |
| Gross margin | 18.6% | 15.4% | 17.1% | 19.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £942k | £1.1m | £837k | £844k |
| Profit per employee | £83.6k | £80.2k | £62.4k | £66.9k |
| Cash conversion | −108.3% | −97.4% | −120.2% | −97.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲15.7% | ▼20% | ▼3.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼4% | ▼18.9% | ▲2.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲4.2% | ▼4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £9m | £10.2m | £11.8m | £12.3m |
| Net assets | £9.8m | £11.1m | £12.3m | £13.2m |
| Fixed assets | £1.8m | £1.5m | £1.3m | £1.1m |
| Current assets | £12.1m | £12.8m | £14m | £14.5m |
| Debtors | £2.3m | £2.1m | £1.6m | £1.4m |
| Cash from operations | −£2.7m | −£2.1m | −£2m | −£1.7m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 19.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £844k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £66.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −97.8%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 5.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7%
- 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
- ▲7%
- Now £13.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲4%
- Now £12.3m
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 24
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼16%
- Now £1.1m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £1.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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