CP Holdings Limited
Registered name: CP HOLDINGS LIMITED
CP Holdings Limited made £802m revenue and £63.9m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
CP Holdings Limited’s revenue grew 12% to £802m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £63.9m profit and 6,068 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in Watford; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Watford, East of England
- Age
- 69 yrs · since 1957
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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) | £731m | £715m | £802m |
| Cost of sales | −£471m | −£443m | −£482m |
| Gross profit | £260m | £272m | £320m |
| Operating profit | £53.3m | £60.4m | £61m |
| Profit before tax | £44.2m | £51.7m | £81.2m |
| Profit after tax | £37.4m | £38.3m | £63.9m |
| Profit (best available) | £37.4m | £38.3m | £63.9m |
| Employees (average) | 6,079 | 6,236 | 6,068 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 5.1% | 5.4% | 8% |
| Gross margin | 35.6% | 38% | 39.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £120k | £115k | £132k |
| Profit per employee | £6.2k | £6.1k | £10.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼2.2% | ▲12.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲2.5% | ▲66.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2.6% | ▼2.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 39.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £132k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £10.5k
- 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
- ▼3%
- Now 6,068
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (23)
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- T.j.harman & Sons LimitedRev. £116k · Profit −£44.2k
- Conmach LimitedRev. £0 · Profit £740k
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- Burnwell Coal Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Cambro Contractors LimitedFigures not disclosed
- CP Holdings (Pensions) LimitedFigures not disclosed
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- Currall Lewis & Martin LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Drencan LimitedRev. — · Profit £2.5m
- Dyggor-Gaylord LimitedFigures not disclosed
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- IP-Xchange LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Kingsbury Link Management LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Lenta Business Space LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Lenta Properties LimitedRev. — · Profit −£113k
- Milerun LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Murphy Bros. LimitedFigures not disclosed
- N.C.C. Minerals LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Premier Telecommunications International LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Shand Mining LimitedFigures not disclosed
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From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £63.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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