Canary Wharf Management Limited
Registered name: CANARY WHARF MANAGEMENT LIMITED
Part of Canary Wharf Group Investment Holdings PLC groupCanary Wharf Management Limited made £166m revenue and £11.6m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Canary Wharf Management Limited’s revenue grew 8% to £166m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £11.6m profit and 615 employees. The company is classified under “management of real estate on a fee or contract basis” and is based in London,; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London,, London
- Age
- 39 yrs · since 1986
- Type
- Private 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.
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) | £153m | £154m | £166m |
| Cost of sales | £138m | £132m | £146m |
| Gross profit | £15.6m | £22.3m | £20.7m |
| Operating profit | £14.5m | £13.5m | £13.8m |
| Profit before tax | £14.6m | £11.1m | £11.6m |
| Profit after tax | £14.6m | £11.1m | £11.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £14.6m | £11.1m | £11.6m |
| Staff costs | £40.2m | £41.2m | £44.8m |
| Employees (average) | 584 | 582 | 615 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 9.5% | 7.2% | 7% |
| Gross margin | 10.2% | 14.5% | 12.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £263k | £265k | £270k |
| Profit per employee | £25k | £19k | £18.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲0.5% | ▲8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼24.3% | ▲4.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼0.3% | ▲5.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £840k | £7.3m | £4.3m |
| Net assets | £39.5m | £50.6m | £16.6m |
| Fixed assets | £8.7m | £25.3m | £28.2m |
| Current assets | £309m | £278m | £243m |
| Debtors | £26.1m | £26.1m | £28.5m |
| Deferred income | £16.2m | £11.1m | £9.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 12.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £270k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £18.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 17%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 5.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 17.2%
- 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
- ▼67%
- Now £16.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼40%
- Now £4.3m
- Headcount
- ▲6%
- Now 615
- Deferred income
- ▼18%
- Now £9.1m
- Fixed assets
- ▲12%
- Now £28.2m
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
- Canary Wharf Group Investment Holdings PLCultimate parent75–100%
- Songbird Finance Limited50–75%
- CWG Newco Limited75–100%
- Canary Wharf Group PLC75–100%
- Canary Wharf Estate Limited75–100%
- Canary Wharf Holdings Limited75–100%
- Canary Wharf Central Limited75–100%
- Canary Wharf Limited75–100%
- Canary Wharf Management Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Canary Wharf Facilities Management LimitedRev. — · Profit £22.3k
Sister companies (2)
- Level39 LimitedRev. £7.7m · Profit −£2.8m
- Southbank Place Management LimitedRev. £386k · Profit £239k
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 £11.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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