Communication Group PLC(The)
Registered name: COMMUNICATION GROUP PLC(THE)
Part of The Communication Group Holdings Plc groupCommunication Group PLC(The) made £1.1m revenue and a £176k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Communication Group PLC(The)’s revenue fell 44% to £1.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £176k and 15 employees. The company is classified under “media representation services” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 41 yrs · since 1985
- Type
- Public 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. From the filing: “The company's immediate and ultimate parent company is The Communication Group Holdings plc, which is incorporated in the United Kingdom and registered in England and Wales (registered office: 123 Vic”
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&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £3m | £1.9m | £1.1m |
| Cost of sales | £3m | £2m | £1.3m |
| Gross profit | £58.8k | −£98.5k | −£171k |
| Profit before tax | £57.3k | −£99.2k | −£169k |
| Profit after tax | £42.7k | −£99.2k | −£176k |
| Profit (best available) | £42.7k | −£99.2k | −£176k |
| Staff costs | £1.5m | £1.1m | £708k |
| Employees (average) | 18 | 18 | 15 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 1.4% | −5.1% | −16.1% |
| Gross margin | 1.9% | −5.1% | −15.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £169k | £108k | £72.9k |
| Profit per employee | £2.4k | −£5.5k | −£11.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼43.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▼16.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £113k | £24.6k | £24.9k |
| Net assets | £249k | £150k | −£26k |
| Fixed assets | £1.4k | £4.2k | £2.9k |
| Current assets | £580k | £401k | £375k |
| Debtors | £377k | £284k | £305k |
| Deferred income | £166k | £26.7k | £93.6k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −16.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- −15.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £72.9k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£11.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 8.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 27.9%
- 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
- ▼117%
- Now −£26k
- Cash at bank
- ▲1%
- Now £24.9k
- Headcount
- ▼17%
- Now 15
- Deferred income
- ▲250%
- Now £93.6k
- Fixed assets
- ▼30%
- Now £2.9k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- The Communication Group Holdings Plc (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Communication Group PLC(The)this company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- European Communication LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£176k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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