Countess Holdings Ltd
Registered name: COUNTESS HOLDINGS LTD
Countess Holdings Ltd made £14.2m revenue and £656k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Countess Holdings Ltd’s revenue fell 2% to £14.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £656k profit and 73 employees. The company is classified under “hotels and similar accommodation”; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London
- Age
- 20 yrs · since 2006
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £14.4m | £14.5m | £14.2m |
| Cost of sales | £3.1m | £2.9m | £2.9m |
| Gross profit | £11.3m | £11.6m | £11.2m |
| Operating profit | £3.9m | £3.6m | £3.2m |
| Profit before tax | £1.6m | £1.2m | £1.1m |
| Profit after tax | £1.1m | £728k | £656k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.1m | £728k | £656k |
| Employees (average) | 56 | 69 | 73 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 7.5% | 5% | 4.6% |
| Gross margin | 78.8% | 80.1% | 79.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £257k | £210k | £194k |
| Profit per employee | £19.2k | £10.5k | £9k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲0.8% | ▼2.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼32.2% | ▼9.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲23.2% | ▲5.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 79.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £194k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲6%
- Now 73
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Baroness LimitedRev. £1.5m · Profit £1.5m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £656k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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