Curtis Developments Ltd.
Registered name: CURTIS DEVELOPMENTS LTD.
Curtis Developments Ltd. made £16.4m revenue and £86.6k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025. read from filing text
Curtis Developments Ltd.’s revenue fell 15% to £16.4m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £86.6k profit and 25 employees. The company is classified under “sale of new cars and light motor vehicles” and is based in Coleraine; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Coleraine, Northern Ireland
- Age
- 30 yrs · since 1996
- 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: “The ultimate controlling party is Mr J Tannahill.”
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 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £23.7m | £22.8m | £19.3m | £16.4m |
| Cost of sales | £22.7m | £22m | £18.7m | £15.6m |
| Gross profit | £1.1m | £853k | £666k | £859k |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £114k |
| Profit before tax | £137k | £267k | £93.2k | £119k |
| Profit after tax | £115k | £211k | £72.8k | £86.6k |
| Profit (best available) | £115k | £211k | £72.8k | £86.6k |
| Staff costs | £1.4m | £1.1m | £1m | £888k |
| Employees (average) | 34 | 35 | 33 | 25 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.5% | 0.9% | 0.4% | 0.5% |
| Gross margin | 4.5% | 3.7% | 3.5% | 5.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £699k | £652k | £586k | £658k |
| Profit per employee | £3.4k | £6k | £2.2k | £3.5k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | — | −453.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼3.9% | ▼15.3% | ▼14.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲83.6% | ▼65.5% | ▲19% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2.9% | ▼5.7% | ▼24.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.6m | £946k | £1.4m | £1.4m |
| Net assets | £4.8m | £4.9m | £5m | £5.1m |
| Fixed assets | £2.3m | £2.3m | £2.3m | £2.7m |
| Current assets | £4.6m | £4.5m | £4.5m | £4m |
| Debtors | £562k | £274k | £189k | £182k |
| Deferred income | £522k | £432k | £414k | £193k |
| Cash from operations | £247k | £568k | −£624k | −£515k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 5.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £658k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −453.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 16.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.1%
- 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
- ▲2%
- Now £5.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼1%
- Now £1.4m
- Headcount
- ▼24%
- Now 25
- Deferred income
- ▼53%
- Now £193k
- Fixed assets
- ▲16%
- Now £2.7m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit £86.6k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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