Citrus Training Limited
Registered name: CITRUS TRAINING LIMITED
Part of Shorcontrol Safety Limited groupCitrus Training Limited made £11m revenue and a £145k loss in the year to 31 May 2024.
Citrus Training Limited’s revenue fell 5% to £11m in the year to 31 May 2024, with a loss of £145k and 115 employees. The company is classified under “activities of professional membership organizations” and is based in Irthlingborough; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Irthlingborough, East Midlands
- Age
- 22 yrs · since 2004
- 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: “Shorcontrol Safety Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 May 2022 | 31 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £11.4m | £11.6m | £11m |
| Cost of sales | £6m | £5.5m | £5m |
| Gross profit | £5.3m | £6.1m | £6m |
| Operating profit | £1.1m | £263k | −£37.5k |
| Profit before tax | £1.4m | £263k | −£81k |
| Profit after tax | £1.1m | £198k | −£145k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.1m | £198k | −£145k |
| Staff costs | £3m | £3.6m | £3.9m |
| Employees (average) | 95 | 111 | 115 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 9.8% | 1.7% | −1.3% |
| Gross margin | 47% | 52.4% | 54.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £120k | £104k | £95.9k |
| Profit per employee | £11.7k | £1.8k | −£1.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲2% | ▼4.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼82.2% | ▼173.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲16.8% | ▲3.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £808k | £377k | £286k |
| Net assets | £1.9m | £1.6m | £852k |
| Fixed assets | £1.2m | £994k | £817k |
| Current assets | £3.7m | £3m | £2.9m |
| Debtors | £2.4m | £2m | £2.1m |
| Deferred income | £587k | £519k | £568k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −1.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 54.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £95.9k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£1.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 7.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 5.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 18.7%
- 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
- ▼47%
- Now £852k
- Cash at bank
- ▼24%
- Now £286k
- Headcount
- ▲4%
- Now 115
- Deferred income
- ▲10%
- Now £568k
- Fixed assets
- ▼18%
- Now £817k
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
- Shorcontrol Safety Limited (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent50–75%
- Citrus Training Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Book My Course LimitedFigures 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 May 2024 (profit −£145k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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