Swanton Consulting Limited
Registered name: SWANTON CONSULTING LIMITED
Part of Erith Holdings Trustee Limited groupSwanton Consulting Limited made £4.8m revenue and £122k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Swanton Consulting Limited’s revenue fell 21% to £4.8m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £122k profit. The company is classified under “other engineering activities” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 16 yrs · since 2010
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £6.1m | £6.1m | £4.8m |
| Cost of sales | −£4.2m | −£4.2m | −£3.3m |
| Gross profit | £1.8m | £1.8m | £1.5m |
| Operating profit | £550k | £335k | — |
| Profit before tax | £550k | £335k | £116k |
| Profit after tax | £419k | £319k | £122k |
| Profit (best available) | £419k | £319k | £122k |
| Employees (average) | — | — | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 6.9% | 5.3% | 2.5% |
| Gross margin | 29.8% | 30.3% | 30.6% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | 0% | ▼20.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼23.8% | ▼61.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 30.6%
- 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
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- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
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- 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
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Erith Holdings Trustee Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Erith Holdings Limited75–100%
- Erith Contractors Limited75–100%
- Swanton Consulting Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Erith Connect LimitedRev. £3.5m · Profit −£176k
- Erith Capital Developments LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £122k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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