CMS Distribution Limited
Registered name: CMS DISTRIBUTION LIMITED
CMS Distribution Limited made £313m revenue and £3.1m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
CMS Distribution Limited’s revenue grew 3% to £313m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £3.1m profit and 244 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 38 yrs · since 1988
- 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. From the filing: “Storit Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £317m | £280m | £303m | £313m |
| Cost of sales | £294m | £256m | £279m | £288m |
| Gross profit | £22.8m | £23.3m | £24.1m | £25.1m |
| Operating profit | £1.6m | £2m | £4.1m | £4.2m |
| Profit before tax | £1.2m | £2.5m | £5.6m | £4.1m |
| Profit after tax | £768k | £2.2m | £4.7m | £3.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £768k | £2.2m | £4.7m | £3.1m |
| Staff costs | £15.1m | £15.7m | £15m | £15.9m |
| Employees (average) | 267 | 265 | 224 | 244 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.2% | 0.8% | 1.6% | 1% |
| Gross margin | 7.2% | 8.3% | 8% | 8% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.2m | £1.1m | £1.4m | £1.3m |
| Profit per employee | £2.9k | £8.2k | £21.1k | £12.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼11.7% | ▲8.3% | ▲3.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲182.4% | ▲118.1% | ▼33.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼0.8% | ▼15.5% | ▲8.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £205k | £314k | £641k | £560k |
| Net assets | £29.3m | £31.5m | £36.2m | £39.4m |
| Fixed assets | £32.9m | £46.2m | £45.7m | £105m |
| Current assets | £67.7m | £61.5m | £68.7m | £76.6m |
| Debtors | £62.3m | £56.8m | £64.6m | £71.7m |
| Deferred income | £11.3m | £14.6m | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.3m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £12.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 33.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 22.9%
- 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
- ▲9%
- Now £39.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼13%
- Now £560k
- Headcount
- ▲9%
- Now 244
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲130%
- Now £105m
Group structure
Subsidiaries (6)
- Pax Technology Europe LimitedRev. £28.9m · Profit £6.6m
- PDT LimitedRev. £15.8m · Profit £1.5m
- Cables Direct LimitedRev. £10.8m · Profit £944k
- Cci Distribution LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
- Interactive Ideas LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
- Widget Investments 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 £3.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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