Flint Consulting Limited
Registered name: FLINT CONSULTING LIMITED
Part of Flint Shareholdings Limited groupFlint Consulting Limited made £18.8m revenue and £973k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Flint Consulting Limited’s revenue grew 83% to £18.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £973k profit and 29 employees. The company is classified under “other telecommunications activities” and is based in Watford; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Watford, East of England
- Age
- 27 yrs · since 1999
- 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: “For the period 1 January 2025 to 10 June 2026”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — | £10.3m | £18.8m |
| Cost of sales | — | £34.8m | £16.2m | £9.5m | £17.5m |
| Gross profit | — | — | — | £840k | £1.4m |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | −£242k | £1.9k |
| Profit before tax | — | £2.4m | £264k | −£62k | £992k |
| Profit after tax | £1.6m | £2.1m | £201k | −£51.2k | £973k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.6m | £2.1m | £201k | −£51.2k | £973k |
| Staff costs | £3.6m | £3.3m | £1.1m | £2m | £2.5m |
| Employees (average) | 66 | 57 | 17 | 20 | 29 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | −0.5% | 5.2% |
| Gross margin | — | — | — | 8.2% | 7.2% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | — | £515k | £649k |
| Profit per employee | £23.9k | £36.1k | £11.8k | −£2.6k | £33.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | — | ▲82.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲30.5% | ▼90.2% | ▼125.4% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼13.6% | ▼70.2% | ▲17.6% | ▲45% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £167k | £3.6m | £283k | £173k | £510k |
| Net assets | £2.4m | £1.1m | £1.3m | £1.3m | £2.2m |
| Fixed assets | £242k | £107k | £114k | £123k | £133k |
| Current assets | £14m | £11m | £4.8m | £5.2m | £7m |
| Debtors | £10.3m | £5.7m | £2.4m | £2.4m | £2.5m |
| Deferred income | £1m | £0 | £0 | £395k | £34.8k |
| Cash from operations | −£510k | −£7.5m | — | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 7.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £649k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £33.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.7%
- 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
- 13.1%
- 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
- ▲77%
- Now £2.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲195%
- Now £510k
- Headcount
- ▲45%
- Now 29
- Deferred income
- ▼91%
- Now £34.8k
- Fixed assets
- ▲8%
- Now £133k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Flint Shareholdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Flint International Holdings Limited75–100%
- Flint Consulting Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Flint Digital Transformation Solutions 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 Dec 2025 (profit £973k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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