Coastal UK Group Limited
Registered name: COASTAL UK GROUP LIMITED
Part of Coastal Recycling Holdings Limited groupCoastal UK Group Limited made £5m revenue and £509k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Coastal UK Group Limited’s revenue fell 4% to £5m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £509k profit and 0 employees. The company is classified under “recovery of sorted materials” and is based in Exeter; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Exeter, South West
- 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.
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: “DWML Holdings Limited”
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) | £4.2m | £4.2m | £5.2m | £5m |
| Cost of sales | £1.7m | £1.9m | £2.2m | £2.1m |
| Gross profit | £2.5m | £2.3m | £3m | £2.9m |
| Profit before tax | £4.5m | £414k | £933k | £744k |
| Profit after tax | £4.3m | £342k | £697k | £509k |
| Profit (best available) | £4.3m | £342k | £697k | £509k |
| Staff costs | £1.3m | £1.5m | £1.5m | £1.6m |
| Employees (average) | — | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 103.6% | 8.2% | 13.5% | 10.3% |
| Gross margin | 60.1% | 55.5% | 57.5% | 57.7% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼0.4% | ▲23.8% | ▼4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼92.1% | ▲103.8% | ▼27% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £28.1k | £39.3k | £47.7k | £27.4k |
| Net assets | £10.2m | £10m | £9.7m | £10m |
| Fixed assets | £15.4m | £15.7m | £16.1m | £15.9m |
| Current assets | £612k | £641k | £538k | £556k |
| Debtors | £284k | £337k | £261k | £274k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 10.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 57.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 320.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 5.5%
- 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
- ▲3%
- Now £10m
- Cash at bank
- ▼42%
- Now £27.4k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼2%
- Now £15.9m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Coastal Recycling Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- DWML Holdings Limited75–100%
- Coastal UK Group Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (10)
- Coastal Recycling Services LimitedRev. £21.7m · Profit £624k
- Coastal UK Resources LtdFigures not disclosed
- Coastal Waste Recycling LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Dawlish Skip Hire LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Deep Moor LF LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Devon Waste Management LimitedFigures not disclosed
- DWMH LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Exeter Grab Hire LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Faco2214 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Leese's Recycling 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 Mar 2025 (profit £509k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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