The Clacton Pier Company Limited
Registered name: THE CLACTON PIER COMPANY LIMITED
The Clacton Pier Company Limited made £7.7m revenue and £408k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
The Clacton Pier Company Limited’s revenue fell 8% to £7.7m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £408k profit. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in Clacton-on-Sea; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Clacton-on-Sea, East of England
- Age
- 18 yrs · since 2008
- 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £7.6m | £8.2m | £8.4m | £7.7m |
| Cost of sales | £2.3m | £2.4m | £2.4m | −£2.1m |
| Gross profit | £5.3m | £5.8m | £5.9m | £5.6m |
| Operating profit | £1.7m | £1.5m | £1.3m | £1.1m |
| Profit before tax | £1.4m | £1m | £833k | £605k |
| Profit after tax | £947k | £1.1m | £662k | £408k |
| Profit (best available) | £947k | £1.1m | £662k | £408k |
| Staff costs | £1.7m | £1.9m | £2.2m | — |
| Employees (average) | 111 | 130 | 140 | — |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 12.4% | 13.2% | 7.9% | 5.3% |
| Gross margin | 69.3% | 70.8% | 71.1% | 72.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £68.5k | £62.7k | £59.7k | — |
| Profit per employee | £8.5k | £8.3k | £4.7k | — |
| Cash conversion | −215% | 178.4% | 132.1% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲7.2% | ▲2.5% | ▼8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲13.5% | ▼38.4% | ▼38.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲17.1% | ▲7.7% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £762k | £420k | £434k | — |
| Net assets | £3.2m | £4.3m | £5m | — |
| Fixed assets | £12m | £13.1m | £14m | — |
| Current assets | £1.9m | £1.8m | £2.4m | — |
| Debtors | £610k | £979k | £1.4m | — |
| Deferred income | £341k | £356k | £340k | — |
| Cash from operations | −£3.6m | £2.6m | £1.8m | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 72.5%
- 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
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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
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- Now —
- Headcount
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- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £408k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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