Compassco Limited
Registered name: COMPASSCO LIMITED
Compassco Limited made £39.5m revenue and £642k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Compassco Limited’s revenue grew 10% to £39.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £642k profit and 801 employees. The company is classified under “unlicensed restaurants and cafes” and is based in Derby; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Derby, East Midlands
- Age
- 13 yrs · since 2012
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £19.7m | £33m | £35.8m | £39.5m |
| Cost of sales | £6.7m | £11.3m | £11.7m | £12.2m |
| Gross profit | £13m | £21.7m | £24.1m | £27.2m |
| Operating profit | −£370k | £800k | £86.5k | £1m |
| Profit before tax | −£428k | £749k | −£44.9k | £877k |
| Profit after tax | −£344k | £509k | £33.5k | £642k |
| Profit (best available) | −£344k | £509k | £33.5k | £642k |
| Staff costs | £6m | £9.8m | £11.2m | £12.4m |
| Employees (average) | 531 | 772 | 780 | 801 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −1.7% | 1.5% | 0.1% | 1.6% |
| Gross margin | 65.9% | 65.8% | 67.3% | 69% |
| Revenue per employee | £37.2k | £42.8k | £45.9k | £49.3k |
| Profit per employee | −£648 | £659 | £43 | £802 |
| Cash conversion | — | −143.7% | −1559% | 255% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲67.4% | ▲8.3% | ▲10.3% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼93.4% | ▲1820% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲45.4% | ▲1% | ▲2.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.4m | £2.5m | £2.2m | £3.4m |
| Net assets | £902k | £1.3m | £1.3m | £1.2m |
| Fixed assets | £4.1m | £3.9m | £4.4m | £4.6m |
| Current assets | £1.7m | £2.9m | £3.1m | £3.9m |
| Debtors | £0 | £1.2k | £0 | £320k |
| Deferred income | — | — | £264k | £476k |
| Cash from operations | −£1.6m | −£1.1m | −£1.3m | £2.6m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 69%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £49.3k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £802
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 255%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 11.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.8%
- 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 £1.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲54%
- Now £3.4m
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 801
- Deferred income
- ▲80%
- Now £476k
- Fixed assets
- ▲5%
- Now £4.6m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £642k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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