Coombefish Holdings Ltd
Registered name: COOMBEFISH HOLDINGS LTD
Coombefish Holdings Ltd made £36.7m revenue and £370k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Coombefish Holdings Ltd’s revenue grew 16% to £36.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £370k profit and 188 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Barnstaple; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Barnstaple, South West
- Age
- 11 yrs · since 2015
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Aug 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £44.1m | £31.6m | £36.7m |
| Cost of sales | — | £36.9m | £27.4m | £29.3m |
| Gross profit | — | £7.2m | £4.2m | £7.4m |
| Operating profit | — | £2.1m | −£444k | £1.8m |
| Profit before tax | — | £1.8m | −£771k | £1.5m |
| Profit after tax | −£9.5k | £955k | £93.4k | £370k |
| Profit (best available) | −£9.5k | £955k | £93.4k | £370k |
| Staff costs | — | £6.3m | £6.7m | £7.2m |
| Employees (average) | 3 | 3 | 165 | 188 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 2.2% | 0.3% | 1% |
| Gross margin | — | 16.4% | 13.3% | 20.2% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £14.7m | £191k | £195k |
| Profit per employee | −£3.2k | £318k | £566 | £2k |
| Cash conversion | — | 70.2% | — | −54.6% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲16.1% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲296.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | — | ▲13.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £4.7k | £12.6k | £2.2k | £1.5k |
| Net assets | £173k | £2.5m | £2.2m | £2.2m |
| Fixed assets | — | £8.9m | £8.7m | £9.2m |
| Current assets | £357k | £1.1m | £683k | £811k |
| Debtors | £5.4k | £4k | £7.5k | £47.7k |
| Deferred income | £4k | £375 | — | — |
| Cash from operations | — | £1.5m | £1.3m | −£984k |
| Source | FilletedAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FilletedAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 20.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £195k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −54.6%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 25.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- 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
- ▲0%
- Now £2.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼32%
- Now £1.5k
- Headcount
- ▲14%
- Now 188
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲6%
- Now £9.2m
Group structure
Subsidiaries (3)
- Coombe Fisheries LimitedRev. £35.5m · Profit £1.6m
- Coombefish Fleet Management LtdFigures not disclosed
- Coombefish Fleetwood LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £370k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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