Cow Corner Investments (NO.3) Limited
Registered name: COW CORNER INVESTMENTS (NO.3) LIMITED
Part of Cow Corner 1 GP LLP groupCow Corner Investments (NO.3) Limited made £16m revenue and a £4.3m loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Cow Corner Investments (NO.3) Limited’s revenue fell 33% to £16m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £4.3m and 153 employees. The company is classified under “activities of financial services holding companies” and is based in Brighton; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Brighton
- Age
- 6 yrs · since 2019
- 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) | £23.4m | £23.8m | £16m |
| Cost of sales | −£3.7m | −£4.4m | −£2.8m |
| Gross profit | £19.7m | £19.4m | £13.2m |
| Operating profit | £363k | −£3.9m | −£4.1m |
| Profit before tax | −£3.1m | −£8.2m | −£4.3m |
| Profit after tax | −£3.5m | −£8.5m | −£4.3m |
| Profit (best available) | −£3.5m | −£8.5m | −£4.3m |
| Employees (average) | 184 | 174 | 153 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −15.1% | −35.8% | −27.1% |
| Gross margin | 84.2% | 81.6% | 82.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £127k | £137k | £105k |
| Profit per employee | −£19.2k | −£49k | −£28.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲1.8% | ▼32.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼5.4% | ▼12.1% |
| 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
- −27.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 82.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £105k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£28.3k
- 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
- —
- 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
- ▼12%
- Now 153
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Cow Corner 1 GP LLPultimate parent75–100%
- Cow Corner Investments (NO.3) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- The Learning People LtdFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (5)
- Pembroke Newco LimitedRev. £17m · Profit −£5.5m
- Pier Newco LimitedRev. £3m · Profit £1.2m
- Connected Care Holdings LimitedRev. — · Profit £3.5m
- Cow Corner Investments (NO.6) LimitedRev. — · Profit £1m
- Nwifa Holdings LimitedFigures 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 −£4.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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