CTR (Group) Limited
Registered name: CTR (GROUP) LIMITED
CTR (Group) Limited made £30.3m revenue and a £838k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
CTR (Group) Limited’s revenue grew 1% to £30.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £838k and 218 employees. The company is classified under “agents involved in the sale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods” and is based in Uttoxeter; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Uttoxeter, West Midlands
- Age
- 12 yrs · since 2014
- 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&Lread from filing text | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £37.6m | £36.6m | £30m | £30.3m |
| Cost of sales | £26.8m | £26m | £21.6m | £20.3m |
| Gross profit | £10.8m | £10.6m | £8.4m | £10m |
| Operating profit | £2.4m | £1.3m | £870k | £245k |
| Profit before tax | £2.1m | £1.1m | £524k | −£97k |
| Profit after tax | £1.6m | £774k | £321k | −£838k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.6m | £774k | £321k | −£838k |
| Staff costs | — | £7.7m | £6.9m | £8m |
| Employees (average) | 241 | 238 | 223 | 218 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4.3% | 2.1% | 1.1% | −2.8% |
| Gross margin | 28.7% | 29% | 28% | 32.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £156k | £154k | £135k | £139k |
| Profit per employee | £6.7k | £3.3k | £1.4k | −£3.8k |
| Cash conversion | — | 100.4% | 201% | 1147% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼2.5% | ▼18% | ▲0.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼52% | ▼58.4% | ▼360.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼1.2% | ▼6.3% | ▼2.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £19.7k | £17.7k | £254k | £45.7k |
| Net assets | £1.3m | £1.3m | £1.6m | £801k |
| Fixed assets | £2.6m | £2.1m | £3.2m | £3.2m |
| Current assets | £2m | £2m | £2.7m | £1.4m |
| Debtors | £15.6k | £15.6k | £850 | £2.2k |
| Deferred income | — | £76k | £215k | — |
| Cash from operations | — | £1.3m | £1.7m | £2.8m |
| 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
- −2.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 32.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £139k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£3.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 1147%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 10.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- ▼51%
- Now £801k
- Cash at bank
- ▼82%
- Now £45.7k
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 218
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼0%
- Now £3.2m
Group structure
Subsidiaries (9)
- CTR (Collections) LtdRev. £11.1m · Profit £783k
- CTR (Enviro) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- CTR (Europe) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- CTR (Fulfillment) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- CTR (Grading) LtdFigures not disclosed
- CTR Asset Management LimitedFigures not disclosed
- CTR Recover LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The Returns House LtdFigures not disclosed
- Zoa Online 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 −£838k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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