Counterline Limited
Registered name: COUNTERLINE LIMITED
Counterline Limited made £9.7m revenue and £32.7k profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025. read from filing text
Counterline Limited’s revenue fell 10% to £9.7m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £32.7k profit and 103 employees. The company is classified under “other manufacturing” and is based in Merseyside; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Merseyside, North West
- Age
- 21 yrs · since 2005
- 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 | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £8.6m | £9.7m | £10.7m | £9.7m |
| Cost of sales | £5.4m | £5.8m | £7.2m | £6.5m |
| Gross profit | £3.2m | £3.9m | £3.5m | £3.2m |
| Operating profit | £425k | £668k | £475k | £215k |
| Profit before tax | £373k | £593k | £339k | £69.3k |
| Profit after tax | £349k | £501k | £236k | £32.7k |
| Profit (best available) | £349k | £501k | £236k | £32.7k |
| Staff costs | £2.9m | £3.1m | £3.5m | £3.6m |
| Employees (average) | 99 | 106 | 102 | 103 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4.1% | 5.2% | 2.2% | 0.3% |
| Gross margin | 37% | 40% | 32.9% | 33.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £86.5k | £91.6k | £105k | £94.2k |
| Profit per employee | £3.5k | £4.7k | £2.3k | £318 |
| Cash conversion | −210.1% | 7% | −287.9% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲13.3% | ▲10.8% | ▼9.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲43.5% | ▼52.9% | ▼86.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7.1% | ▼3.8% | ▲1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £162k | £58 | £295k | £64.3k |
| Net assets | £3.4m | £3.6m | £4m | £3.7m |
| Fixed assets | £1.4m | £1.3m | £2m | £2m |
| Current assets | £5.4m | £6.2m | £5.9m | £5.4m |
| Debtors | £1.4m | £2.3m | £1.4m | £1.6m |
| Deferred income | £38.7k | £45.2k | £80.1k | £119k |
| Cash from operations | −£893k | £47.1k | −£1.4m | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 33.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £94.2k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £318
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 20.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 16.4%
- 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 £3.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼78%
- Now £64.3k
- Headcount
- ▲1%
- Now 103
- Deferred income
- ▲49%
- Now £119k
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- Now £2m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit £32.7k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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