Cosgrove & Drew Ltd
Registered name: COSGROVE & DREW LTD
Part of Earnz PLC groupCosgrove & Drew Ltd made £9.6m revenue and £1.3m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Cosgrove & Drew Ltd’s revenue grew 24% to £9.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.3m profit and 54 employees. The company is classified under “plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation” and is based in Cheltenham; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cheltenham, South West
- Age
- 11 yrs · since 2015
- 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: “Earnz Holdings Limited”
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) | £9.1m | £7.7m | £9.6m |
| Cost of sales | £8.6m | £8.1m | £6.8m |
| Gross profit | £458k | −£306k | £2.8m |
| Operating profit | −£738k | −£1.6m | £1.6m |
| Profit after tax | −£591k | −£1.6m | £1.3m |
| Profit (best available) | −£591k | −£1.6m | £1.3m |
| Staff costs | £1.7m | £2.4m | £2.8m |
| Employees (average) | 45 | 53 | 54 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −6.5% | −20.5% | 13.6% |
| Gross margin | 5% | −4% | 29.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £202k | £146k | £177k |
| Profit per employee | −£13.1k | −£29.9k | £24.1k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | 35.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼14.8% | ▲23.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲17.8% | ▲1.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £211k | — | £89.1k |
| Net assets | −£200k | −£1.6m | −£260k |
| Current assets | £2.7m | £1.4m | £2.1m |
| Deferred income | £49.5k | £38.9k | £166k |
| Cash from operations | £476k | −£1.1m | £562k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 13.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 29.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £177k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £24.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 35.9%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now −£260k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £89.1k
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 54
- Deferred income
- ▲326%
- Now £166k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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
- Earnz PLCultimate parent75–100%
- Earnz Holdings Limited75–100%
- Cosgrove & Drew Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (5)
- A&d Carbon Solutions LtdFigures not disclosed
- Earnz Energy Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Earnz Property Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- National Retrofit Solutions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- South West Heating Services LtdFigures 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 £1.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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