CTN Shipping Ltd
Registered name: CTN SHIPPING LTD
CTN Shipping Ltd made £31.6k revenue and £7.3k profit in the year to 31 Jan 2026.
CTN Shipping Ltd’s revenue fell 8% to £31.6k in the year to 31 Jan 2026, with £7.3k profit and 1 employee. The company is classified under “service activities incidental to water transportation” and is based in Chatham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chatham, South East
- Age
- 7 yrs · since 2019
- 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 Jan 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 | 31 Jan 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £28.9k | £34.1k | £34.5k | £31.6k |
| Cost of sales | £17.9k | £19.3k | £20.8k | £19.2k |
| Gross profit | £11k | £14.8k | £13.6k | £12.3k |
| Operating profit | £6k | £11k | £10.4k | £9k |
| Profit before tax | £6k | £11k | £10.4k | £9k |
| Profit after tax | £4.9k | £8.9k | £8.4k | £7.3k |
| Profit (best available) | £4.9k | £8.9k | £8.4k | £7.3k |
| Staff costs | £12.4k | £12.5k | £12.5k | £12.6k |
| Employees (average) | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 16.8% | 26.1% | 24.4% | 23% |
| Gross margin | 38% | 43.3% | 39.6% | 39.1% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £34.1k | — | £31.6k |
| Profit per employee | — | £8.9k | — | £7.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲18.1% | ▲1.1% | ▼8.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲83.4% | ▼5.5% | ▼13.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.2k | £7k | £9.1k | £5.3k |
| Net assets | £2.6k | £6.5k | £8.7k | £5.2k |
| Current assets | £4.6k | £9.4k | £11.6k | £7.8k |
| Debtors | £2.5k | £2.5k | £2.4k | £2.5k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 23%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 39.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £31.6k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.3k
- 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
- 7.9%
- 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
- ▼40%
- Now £5.2k
- Cash at bank
- ▼42%
- Now £5.3k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 1
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Sources
Latest figures from AbridgedAccounts for the year to 31 Jan 2026 (profit £7.3k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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