Colchester Mercury Trading Ltd
Registered name: COLCHESTER MERCURY TRADING LTD
Part of Colchester Mercury Theatre Limited groupColchester Mercury Trading Ltd made £923k revenue and £203k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Colchester Mercury Trading Ltd’s revenue grew 1% to £923k in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £203k profit and 0 employees. The company is classified under “support activities to performing arts” and is based in Colchester; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Colchester
- Age
- 12 yrs · since 2014
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £771k | £916k | £923k |
| Cost of sales | −£633k | −£699k | −£723k |
| Gross profit | £137k | £218k | £201k |
| Operating profit | £136k | £215k | £197k |
| Profit before tax | £137k | £218k | £203k |
| Profit after tax | £137k | £218k | £203k |
| Profit (best available) | £137k | £218k | £203k |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 17.8% | 23.8% | 22% |
| Gross margin | 17.8% | 23.8% | 21.7% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲18.9% | ▲0.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲59.3% | ▼7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 22%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 21.7%
- 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 0
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Colchester Mercury Theatre Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Colchester Mercury Trading Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Colchester Mercury Productions LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £203k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 16 Oct 2026
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