Cutting Edge Investments Limited
Registered name: CUTTING EDGE INVESTMENTS LIMITED
Part of The Cutting Edge Employee Ownership Trust groupCutting Edge Investments Limited made £14.9m revenue and £1.3m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Cutting Edge Investments Limited’s revenue grew 4% to £14.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.3m profit and 68 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in Chorley; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chorley, North West
- Age
- 29 yrs · since 1997
- 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 2022 | 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 | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £14.9m | £15.4m | £14.3m | £14.9m |
| Cost of sales | £9.5m | £9.8m | £9.3m | £9.6m |
| Gross profit | £5.4m | £5.6m | £5m | £5.3m |
| Operating profit | £926k | £1.5m | £1.5m | £1.8m |
| Profit before tax | £831k | £1.3m | £1.4m | £1.8m |
| Profit after tax | £691k | £1.1m | £1m | £1.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £691k | £1.1m | £1m | £1.3m |
| Employees (average) | 82 | 75 | 70 | 68 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4.6% | 7% | 7.1% | 9% |
| Gross margin | 36.4% | 36.2% | 34.9% | 35.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £182k | £205k | £204k | £219k |
| Profit per employee | £8.4k | £14.3k | £14.4k | £19.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲3.4% | ▼7.2% | ▲4.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲55.1% | ▼5.7% | ▲32% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼8.5% | ▼6.7% | ▼2.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £4.6k | £1.6k | £1.3k | £1.3k |
| Net assets | £266k | £271k | £271k | £271k |
| Fixed assets | £797k | £797k | £797k | £797k |
| Current assets | £112k | £16k | £8k | £1.3k |
| Debtors | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Deferred income | £7.2k | £8k | £0 | £0 |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 35.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £219k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £19.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 5.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- 0%
- Now £271k
- Cash at bank
- 0%
- Now £1.3k
- Headcount
- ▼3%
- Now 68
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £0
- Fixed assets
- 0%
- Now £797k
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 Cutting Edge Employee Ownership Trust (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Cutting Edge Investments Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Cutting Edge Services LimitedRev. £14.9m · Profit £1.3m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £1.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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