Cole Waterhouse Limited
Registered name: COLE WATERHOUSE LIMITED
Cole Waterhouse Limited made £1.4m revenue and a £2.5m loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Cole Waterhouse Limited’s revenue fell 40% to £1.4m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £2.5m and 13 employees. The company is classified under “management consultancy activities other than financial management” and is based in Manchester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Manchester, North West
- Age
- 10 yrs · since 2016
- 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £2.4m | £1.4m |
| Cost of sales | −£1.1m | −£6.1k | £51.5k | £700k |
| Gross profit | — | — | £2.3m | £728k |
| Operating profit | — | — | −£462k | −£1.2m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | −£1.6m | −£2.5m |
| Profit after tax | −£924k | £577k | −£1.6m | −£2.5m |
| Profit (best available) | −£924k | £577k | −£1.6m | −£2.5m |
| Employees (average) | 6 | 7 | 8 | 13 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | −69.3% | −172.8% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 97.8% | 51% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £297k | £110k |
| Profit per employee | −£154k | £82.4k | −£206k | −£190k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▼39.9% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼385.3% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲16.7% | ▲14.3% | ▲62.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £122k | £514k | £12.2k | £2.2k |
| Net assets | −£612k | −£35.5k | −£30.8k | −£1.2m |
| Fixed assets | £411k | £4.2m | £4.8m | £4.7m |
| Current assets | £1.6m | £2m | £1.8m | £1.9m |
| Debtors | £0 | £83.3k | £29.2k | £27k |
| Cash from operations | £1.2m | −£2.6m | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −172.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 51%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £110k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£190k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 330.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.9%
- 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 −£1.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼82%
- Now £2.2k
- Headcount
- ▲63%
- Now 13
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼2%
- Now £4.7m
Group structure
Subsidiaries (6)
- Cole Waterhouse (Stadium) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Cole Waterhouse (Wembley) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Cole Waterhouse Am LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Cole Waterhouse DM LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Cole Waterhouse Im LimitedFigures not disclosed
- LCV (CW) LimitedFigures not disclosed
Minority corporate shareholders
- Real Estate Capital Limited 25–50%
- Shepherdess Weston Limited 25–50%
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit −£2.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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