Channel 3 Consulting Ltd
Registered name: CHANNEL 3 CONSULTING LTD
Part of Westbridge II GP LLP groupChannel 3 Consulting Ltd made £14.9m revenue and £986k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2026.
Channel 3 Consulting Ltd’s revenue grew 2% to £14.9m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with £986k profit and 77 employees. The company is classified under “information technology consultancy activities” and is based in Cardiff; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cardiff, Wales
- Age
- 17 yrs · since 2009
- 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: “C3 789 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 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £15.7m | £14.6m | £14.9m |
| Cost of sales | £9.9m | £9.4m | £9.3m |
| Gross profit | £5.7m | £5.2m | £5.6m |
| Operating profit | £2.4m | £2m | £2.1m |
| Profit before tax | £1.9m | £714k | £1.1m |
| Profit after tax | £1.6m | £759k | £986k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.6m | £759k | £986k |
| Staff costs | £3.8m | £4.5m | — |
| Employees (average) | 78 | 75 | 77 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 10.3% | 5.2% | 6.6% |
| Gross margin | 36.6% | 35.6% | 37.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £201k | £195k | £194k |
| Profit per employee | £20.7k | £10.1k | £12.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼6.6% | ▲2.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼53% | ▲29.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼3.9% | ▲2.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £3m | £2.1m | £1.6m |
| Net assets | £3.3m | £1.9m | £1m |
| Fixed assets | £48.5k | £38.6k | £124k |
| Current assets | £8.5m | £5.1m | £5.1m |
| Debtors | £4m | £2m | £2.6m |
| Deferred income | £2.9m | £2m | £2.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 37.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £194k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £12.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 13.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 17.2%
- 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
- ▼44%
- Now £1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼22%
- Now £1.6m
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 77
- Deferred income
- ▲1%
- Now £2.1m
- Fixed assets
- ▲221%
- Now £124k
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
- Westbridge II GP LLPultimate parent50–75%
- C3 123 Limited75–100%
- C3 456 Limited75–100%
- C3 789 Limited75–100%
- Channel 3 Consulting Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
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 2026 (profit £986k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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