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Company No. 03096503 · Incorporated 30 Aug 1995

Cavendish Consulting Limited

Registered name: CAVENDISH CONSULTING LIMITED

Part of Cavendish Consulting Group Limited group

Cavendish Consulting Limited made £22.4m revenue and £2.5m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2026.

Cavendish Consulting Limited’s revenue grew 21% to £22.4m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with £2.5m profit and 179 employees. The company is classified under “public relations and communications activities” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection M · Professional, scientific and technical activitiesSIC 70210Public relations and communications activities
Status
Active
Location
London, London
Age
31 yrs · since 1995
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.

Latest accounts · year to 31 Mar 2026

Key figures

Operating leverage
Revenue
£22.4m
Growth ▲20.5%
Profit
£2.5m
Growth ▲52.5%
Profit margin
11%
Gross 41.7%
Employees
179
Change ▲9.8%
Profit / employee
£13.8k
Revenue/employee £125k
Profitable streak
4yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Mar 202331 Mar 202431 Mar 202531 Mar 2026
DisclosureProfit onlyFull P&LFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)—£14.3m£18.6m£22.4m
Cost of sales—−£8.1m−£10.8m−£13.1m
Gross profit—£6.2m£7.8m£9.3m
Operating profit—£1.7m£2.1m£3.5m
Profit before tax—£1.7m£2.1m£3.5m
Profit after tax£70.7k£1.4m£1.6m£2.5m
Profit (best available)£70.7k£1.4m£1.6m£2.5m
Employees (average)123138163179
Ratios
Profit margin—10.1%8.7%11%
Gross margin—43.3%42%41.7%
Revenue per employee—£104k£114k£125k
Profit per employee£575£10.4k£9.9k£13.8k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth——▲29.7%▲20.5%
Profit growth—▲1938%▲12.3%▲52.5%
Headcount growth—▲12.2%▲18.1%▲9.8%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£341k£954k——
Net assets£2.8m£2.8m——
Fixed assets£2.9m£3.9m——
Current assets£3.2m£4.3m——
Debtors£1.7m£2.7m——
Deferred income£552k£776k——
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025Accounts · bulk data Oct 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
11%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
41.7%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£125k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£13.8k
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.
Indirect — not revenue

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 179
Deferred income
—
Now —
Fixed assets
—
Now —
Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Cavendish Consulting Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Cavendish Consulting Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Subsidiaries (8)

Sister companies (1)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2026 (profit £2.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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