Coastal Red Limited
Registered name: COASTAL RED LIMITED
Coastal Red Limited made £5.9m revenue and £1.2m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Coastal Red Limited’s revenue grew 8% to £5.9m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £1.2m profit and 78 employees. The company is classified under “other passenger land transport” and is based in King's Lynn; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- King's Lynn, East of England
- Age
- 13 yrs · since 2013
- 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 | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £5.5m | £5.9m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £3.9m | £4.1m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £1.6m | £1.8m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £1.3m | £1.6m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £1.4m | £1.7m |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £1m | £1.2m |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £1m | £1.2m |
| Staff costs | — | — | £2.5m | £2.8m |
| Employees (average) | 62 | 67 | 72 | 78 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 18.9% | 20.9% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 29.2% | 30.6% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £76.1k | £75.9k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £14.3k | £15.8k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | −42.6% | −93% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲8% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲19.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲8.1% | ▲7.5% | ▲8.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.8m | £3.7m | £3.3m | £3.6m |
| Net assets | £3.9m | £4.9m | £5.6m | £6.5m |
| Fixed assets | £2.1m | £2.6m | £3m | £3.3m |
| Current assets | £3.4m | £4.5m | £4.1m | £4.7m |
| Debtors | £29.5k | £14.8k | £20.5k | £49.5k |
| Deferred income | — | — | £301k | £317k |
| Cash from operations | — | — | −£561k | −£1.5m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 20.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 30.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £75.9k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £15.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −93%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 55.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 5.4%
- 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
- ▲16%
- Now £6.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲8%
- Now £3.6m
- Headcount
- ▲8%
- Now 78
- Deferred income
- ▲5%
- Now £317k
- Fixed assets
- ▲10%
- Now £3.3m
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 30 Sep 2025 (profit £1.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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