Melan & Coa Limited
Registered name: MELAN & COA LIMITED
Part of Mediobanca S.P.A. groupMelan & Coa Limited made a £19m loss in the year to 31 May 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
Melan & Coa Limited reported a loss of £19m in the year to 31 May 2025; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 0 employees. The company is classified under “fund management activities” and is based in Ashford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Ashford, 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.
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.
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Dec 2021 | 31 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 | 31 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £15.5m | £20.4m | — | — |
| Cost of sales | £12.6m | £19.6m | — | — |
| Gross profit | £2.9m | £812k | — | — |
| Operating profit | −£1m | −£9.7m | — | — |
| Profit before tax | −£1.8m | −£14.8m | — | — |
| Profit after tax | −£1.9m | −£14.8m | −£1.4m | −£19m |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.9m | −£14.8m | −£1.4m | −£19m |
| Employees (average) | 84 | 123 | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −12% | −72.8% | — | — |
| Gross margin | 18.7% | 4% | — | — |
| Revenue per employee | £184k | £166k | — | — |
| Profit per employee | −£22.2k | −£121k | — | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | −£432k | −£10.5m | −£16.8m | −£18.8m |
| Fixed assets | £8.8m | £1 | £1 | £1 |
| Current assets | — | £8.7m | £14.2m | £424k |
| Debtors | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Deferred income | £0 | £0 | £0 | £331k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
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- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
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- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
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- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
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- 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 −£18.8m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £331k
- Fixed assets
- 0%
- Now £1
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
- Mediobanca S.P.A. (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent50–75%
- Polus Capital Management Group Limited75–100%
- Polus Capital Management Limited75–100%
- Melan & Coa Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- L'artisan Du Chocolat LimitedRev. £10.3m · Profit £13.4m
Sister companies (1)
- Enermech Holdings LtdRev. £315m · Profit −£56.1m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 May 2025 (profit −£19m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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