Costello Medical Consulting Limited
Registered name: COSTELLO MEDICAL CONSULTING LIMITED
Part of Costello Medical Global Limited groupCostello Medical Consulting Limited made £50.2m revenue and £5.7m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Costello Medical Consulting Limited’s revenue grew 17% to £50.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £5.7m profit and 497 employees. The company is classified under “other professional, scientific and technical activities” and is based in Cambridge; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cambridge, East of England
- Age
- 17 yrs · since 2008
- 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) | £36m | £43.1m | £50.2m |
| Cost of sales | −£21.5m | −£24.9m | −£29.4m |
| Gross profit | £14.5m | £18.2m | £20.8m |
| Operating profit | £4.8m | £5.7m | £7.5m |
| Profit before tax | £4.9m | £5.9m | £7.7m |
| Profit after tax | £3.8m | £4.1m | £5.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.8m | £4.1m | £5.7m |
| Employees (average) | 386 | 438 | 497 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 10.5% | 9.6% | 11.4% |
| Gross margin | 40.2% | 42.2% | 41.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £93.4k | £98.3k | £101k |
| Profit per employee | £9.8k | £9.5k | £11.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲19.5% | ▲16.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲9.3% | ▲38.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲13.5% | ▲13.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 11.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 41.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £101k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £11.5k
- 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
- ▲13%
- Now 497
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Costello Medical Global Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Costello Medical Trustee Limited75–100%
- Costello Medical Global Limited75–100%
- Costello Medical Consulting Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Costello Medical Trustee 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 £5.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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