First Corporate Consultants Ltd
Registered name: FIRST CORPORATE CONSULTANTS LTD
First Corporate Consultants Ltd made £139m revenue and £32m profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
First Corporate Consultants Ltd’s revenue grew 8% to £139m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £32m profit and 749 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in Bristol; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bristol, South West
- Age
- 39 yrs · since 1987
- 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 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £117m | £128m | £139m |
| Cost of sales | −£66.4m | −£71.6m | −£70.8m |
| Gross profit | £50.3m | £56.4m | £67.7m |
| Operating profit | £30.9m | £38.9m | £47.2m |
| Profit before tax | £32.7m | £35.1m | £44m |
| Profit after tax | £25m | £25.5m | £32m |
| Profit (best available) | £25m | £25.5m | £32m |
| Employees (average) | 706 | 750 | 749 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 21.4% | 19.9% | 23.1% |
| Gross margin | 43.1% | 44.1% | 48.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £165k | £171k | £185k |
| Profit per employee | £35.4k | £34k | £42.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲9.7% | ▲8.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲2% | ▲25.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6.2% | ▼0.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 23.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 48.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £185k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £42.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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 —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼0%
- Now 749
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- First Corporate Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit £32m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 22 Oct 2026
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