Coulthard Continental
Registered name: COULTHARD CONTINENTAL
Part of Gorta groupCoulthard Continental made £2.4m revenue and £486k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Coulthard Continental’s revenue grew 23% to £2.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £486k profit and 19 employees. The company is classified under “other professional, scientific and technical activities” and is based in Shrewsbury; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Shrewsbury, West Midlands
- Age
- 15 yrs · since 2011
- Type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Non-profit. It is limited by guarantee (typically an association, club or management company), so it isn't run for profit. 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.
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) | £1.8m | £2m | £2.4m |
| Cost of sales | £2m | £2m | £1.9m |
| Gross profit | −£144k | −£65.4k | £546k |
| Operating profit | −£144k | −£65.4k | £494k |
| Profit before tax | −£144k | −£65.4k | £494k |
| Profit after tax | −£152k | −£69.2k | £486k |
| Profit (best available) | −£152k | −£69.2k | £486k |
| Employees (average) | 24 | 23 | 19 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −8.2% | −3.5% | 20% |
| Gross margin | −7.8% | −3.3% | 22.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £76.8k | £85.8k | £128k |
| Profit per employee | −£6.3k | −£3k | £25.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲7% | ▲22.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4.2% | ▼17.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £489k | £370k | £342k |
| Net assets | £124k | £54.9k | £541k |
| Fixed assets | £13k | £12k | £0 |
| Current assets | £587k | £523k | £1.1m |
| Debtors | £39.1k | £88.7k | £727k |
| Deferred income | £329k | £336k | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 20%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 22.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £128k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £25.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 30%
- 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
- ▲885%
- Now £541k
- Cash at bank
- ▼8%
- Now £342k
- Headcount
- ▼17%
- Now 19
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼100%
- Now £0
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Gorta (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Coulthard Continentalthis 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 Dec 2025 (profit £486k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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