Coatsink Software Ltd
Registered name: COATSINK SOFTWARE LTD
Part of Thunderful Group Ab groupCoatsink Software Ltd made £9.3m revenue and a £2.1m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Coatsink Software Ltd’s revenue fell 4% to £9.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £2.1m and 114 employees. The company is classified under “ready-made interactive leisure and entertainment software development” and is based in Gateshead; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Gateshead, North East
- Age
- 15 yrs · since 2011
- 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: “The ultimate controlling party is Atari SA, a company registered in Luxembourg. The group financial statements can be obtained from the company's registered office, 8-10, avenue de la Gare, L-1610, Lu”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £9.7m | £9.3m |
| Cost of sales | £4.6m | £5m |
| Gross profit | £5.1m | £4.3m |
| Operating profit | −£951k | −£3.2m |
| Profit before tax | £452k | −£1.9m |
| Profit after tax | £743k | −£2.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £743k | −£2.1m |
| Staff costs | £4.5m | £4.7m |
| Employees (average) | 118 | 114 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 7.7% | −22.9% |
| Gross margin | 52.2% | 46.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £82.2k | £82k |
| Profit per employee | £6.3k | −£18.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼3.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼388.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼3.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £23.9m | £24.7m |
| Net assets | £31m | £28.9m |
| Fixed assets | £5m | £2.7m |
| Current assets | £26.4m | £27.2m |
| Debtors | £1.1m | £1.2m |
| Deferred income | £142k | £731k |
| Cash from operations | −£3.9m | −£1.5m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −22.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 46.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £82k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£18.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 29%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 7.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 12.7%
- 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
- ▼7%
- Now £28.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲3%
- Now £24.7m
- Headcount
- ▼3%
- Now 114
- Deferred income
- ▲414%
- Now £731k
- Fixed assets
- ▼46%
- Now £2.7m
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
- Thunderful Group Abultimate parent75–100%
- Coatsink Software Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Robot Teddy LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Thunderful Games 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 Dec 2025 (profit −£2.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 12 Oct 2026
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