Cottingham Blue Chip London Limited
Registered name: COTTINGHAM BLUE CHIP LONDON LIMITED
Cottingham Blue Chip London Limited made £49.2m revenue and £1m profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025. read from filing text
Cottingham Blue Chip London Limited’s revenue fell 5% to £49.2m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £1m profit and 1 employee. The company is classified under “sale of used cars and light motor vehicles” and is based in Beaconsfield; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Beaconsfield, South East
- Age
- 6 yrs · since 2020
- 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 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £22.5m | £51.6m | £49.2m |
| Cost of sales | £20.8m | £49.1m | £47.1m |
| Gross profit | £1.7m | £2.5m | £2.1m |
| Operating profit | £1.4m | £1.5m | £1.5m |
| Profit before tax | £1.4m | £1.4m | £1.4m |
| Profit after tax | £1.1m | £1.1m | £1m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.1m | £1.1m | £1m |
| Staff costs | £17.9k | £185k | £0 |
| Employees (average) | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 4.8% | 2.1% | 2.1% |
| Gross margin | 7.7% | 4.8% | 4.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £22.5m | £51.6m | £49.2m |
| Profit per employee | £1.1m | £1.1m | £1m |
| Cash conversion | — | — | 754.4% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲129.4% | ▼4.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼0.9% | ▼6.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £276k | £1.5m | £575k |
| Net assets | £1.3m | £2.1m | £2.3m |
| Fixed assets | £15.5k | £12.1k | £13.6k |
| Current assets | £5.8m | £7.7m | £24.7m |
| Debtors | £1.1m | £2m | £9.7m |
| Deferred income | £21.4k | £21.4k | £0 |
| Cash from operations | — | — | £11.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 4.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £49.2m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1m
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 754.4%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 19.8%
- 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
- ▲13%
- Now £2.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼61%
- Now £575k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 1
- Deferred income
- ▼100%
- Now £0
- Fixed assets
- ▲12%
- Now £13.6k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit £1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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