Cinven Limited
Registered name: CINVEN LIMITED
Part of Cinven Group Limited groupCinven Limited made £296m revenue and a £72.6m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Cinven Limited’s revenue fell 9% to £296m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £72.6m and 201 employees. The company is classified under “financial intermediation not elsewhere classified” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 38 yrs · since 1987
- 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.
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&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £276m | £326m | £296m |
| Cost of sales | −£64.8m | −£81m | −£140m |
| Gross profit | £211m | £245m | £156m |
| Operating profit | £28.8m | £23.7m | −£91.7m |
| Profit before tax | £29.9m | £22.3m | −£90.7m |
| Profit after tax | £22.9m | £16.8m | −£72.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £22.9m | £16.8m | −£72.6m |
| Employees (average) | 175 | 183 | 201 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 8.3% | 5.2% | −24.5% |
| Gross margin | 76.5% | 75.2% | 52.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.6m | £1.8m | £1.5m |
| Profit per employee | £131k | £91.9k | −£361k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲18.2% | ▼9.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼26.5% | ▼531.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4.6% | ▲9.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −24.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 52.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.5m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£361k
- 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
- ▲10%
- Now 201
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Cinven Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Cinven Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (21)
- Pacioli UK Holdco LimitedRev. £407m · Profit −£210m
- Cinven Nominees LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Cinven UK Nominees LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Cip (IV) Nominees LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Cip (V) Nominees LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Elvis UK Jvco 1 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Fox UK Midco LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Green UK Aggregator LimitedFigures not disclosed
- HNVR UK Guarantee LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Isabella Topco LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Isthmus Holdco (UK) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Objectway LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Obsidian UK Bidco LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Obsidian UK Midco LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Octopus UK Feederco LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sapiencia UK Topco LimitedFigures not disclosed
- SP Nominees (IV) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- SP Nominees (V) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Spark UK Midco LimitedFigures not disclosed
- TCF Nominees LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Vital UK Topco LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (2)
- Cinven Holdings LimitedRev. £148m · Profit £9.2m
- Cinven Beaverbrook LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£72.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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