Medco (Cccu) Limited
Registered name: MEDCO (CCCU) LIMITED
Part of Canterbury Christ Church University groupMedco (Cccu) Limited made £1.5m revenue and £30k profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025.
Medco (Cccu) Limited’s revenue fell 5% to £1.5m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £30k profit. The company is classified under “first-degree level higher education” and is based in Canterbury; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Canterbury, South East
- Age
- 23 yrs · since 2003
- 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 Jul 2022 | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.2m | £1.5m | £1.5m | £1.5m |
| Cost of sales | £1.1m | £1.4m | −£1.4m | −£1.4m |
| Gross profit | £120k | £128k | £159k | £110k |
| Operating profit | £28k | £34k | £75k | — |
| Profit before tax | £28k | £43k | £75k | £30k |
| Profit after tax | £28k | £43k | £75k | £30k |
| Profit (best available) | £28k | £43k | £75k | £30k |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.3% | 2.9% | 4.9% | 2.1% |
| Gross margin | 9.7% | 8.6% | 10.3% | 7.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲20% | ▲3.9% | ▼5.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲53.6% | ▲74.4% | ▼60% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £283k | £226k | — | — |
| Net assets | £424k | £450k | — | — |
| Current assets | £633k | £636k | — | — |
| Debtors | £27k | £31k | — | — |
| Deferred income | £157k | £122k | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 7.5%
- 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
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Canterbury Christ Church Universityultimate parent75–100%
- Medco (Cccu) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Jul 2025 (profit £30k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 14 Oct 2026
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