West & Coe Limited
Registered name: WEST & COE LIMITED
West & Coe Limited made £15.6m revenue and £330k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
West & Coe Limited’s revenue grew 2% to £15.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £330k profit and 100 employees. The company is classified under “funeral and related activities” and is based in Essex; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Essex, London
- Age
- 44 yrs · since 1982
- 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 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £15.1m | £15.4m | £15.6m |
| Cost of sales | £9.2m | £9.7m | £10m | £10m |
| Gross profit | — | £5.4m | £5.3m | £5.6m |
| Operating profit | — | £292k | £104k | £585k |
| Profit before tax | — | £354k | £120k | £685k |
| Profit after tax | £1.8m | −£228k | £185k | £330k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.8m | −£228k | £185k | £330k |
| Staff costs | £4.7m | £5.2m | — | — |
| Employees (average) | 124 | 105 | 99 | 100 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | −1.5% | 1.2% | 2.1% |
| Gross margin | — | 35.7% | 34.6% | 36% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £144k | £155k | £156k |
| Profit per employee | £14.5k | −£2.2k | £1.9k | £3.3k |
| Cash conversion | — | −654.4% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲1.4% | ▲1.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼112.7% | — | ▲78.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼15.3% | ▼5.7% | ▲1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £393k | £425k | £1m | £2.2m |
| Net assets | £10.1m | £9.6m | £9.5m | £11.6m |
| Fixed assets | £10.7m | £11.1m | £10.5m | £9.9m |
| Current assets | £2.4m | £2.5m | £2.7m | £3.8m |
| Debtors | £761k | £694k | £747k | £562k |
| Deferred income | £428k | £807k | £0 | £203k |
| Cash from operations | — | −£1.9m | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 36%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £156k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 63.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3.6%
- 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
- ▲22%
- Now £11.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲116%
- Now £2.2m
- Headcount
- ▲1%
- Now 100
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £203k
- Fixed assets
- ▼6%
- Now £9.9m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (2)
- CWH Funerals LimitedFigures not disclosed
- West & Coe Services LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £330k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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