Countyroute Limited
Registered name: COUNTYROUTE LIMITED
Part of John Laing Investments Limited groupCountyroute Limited made £3.4m revenue and £622k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Countyroute Limited’s revenue grew 2% to £3.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £622k profit. The company is classified under “construction of roads and motorways” and is based in Swanley; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Swanley, London
- Age
- 27 yrs · since 1998
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £2.7m | £3.4m | £3.4m |
| Cost of sales | −£1.3m | −£1.4m | −£1.9m |
| Gross profit | £1.4m | £1.9m | £1.5m |
| Profit before tax | −£866k | −£5k | £116k |
| Profit after tax | −£662k | −£4k | £622k |
| Profit (best available) | −£662k | −£4k | £622k |
| Employees (average) | — | — | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −24.5% | −0.1% | 18.1% |
| Gross margin | 51% | 57.5% | 43.2% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲25.1% | ▲1.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 18.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 43.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- 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
- —
- 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 —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- John Laing Investments Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- John Laing Infrastructure Limited75–100%
- Countyroute Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Countyroute (A130) PLC.Figures not disclosed
Sister companies (1)
- Countyroute 2 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 31 Dec 2025 (profit £622k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 14 Oct 2026
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