C.P. Holdings (UK) Limited
Registered name: C.P. HOLDINGS (UK) LIMITED
C.P. Holdings (UK) Limited made £22.7m revenue and £2.3m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024. read from filing text
C.P. Holdings (UK) Limited’s revenue grew 5% to £22.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £2.3m profit and 125 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in Benfleet; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Benfleet, East of England
- Age
- 28 yrs · since 1998
- 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £24.5m | £21.5m | £22.7m |
| Cost of sales | £17.5m | £15.2m | £16.4m |
| Gross profit | £7m | £6.3m | £6.3m |
| Operating profit | £3.6m | £2.6m | £2.4m |
| Profit before tax | £3.2m | £2.1m | £3m |
| Profit after tax | £2.7m | £1.4m | £2.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.7m | £1.4m | £2.3m |
| Employees (average) | 116 | 122 | 125 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 11.2% | 6.7% | 9.9% |
| Gross margin | 28.4% | 29.5% | 27.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £211k | £176k | £181k |
| Profit per employee | £23.7k | £11.8k | £18k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼12.2% | ▲5.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼47.7% | ▲56.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5.2% | ▲2.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £104k | £18.1k | £82.9k |
| Net assets | £353k | £357k | £364k |
| Fixed assets | £933k | £922k | £914k |
| Current assets | £2.6m | £3.5m | £3.9m |
| Debtors | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Deferred income | — | £0 | £85.2k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 9.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 27.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £181k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £18k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- 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
- ▲2%
- Now £364k
- Cash at bank
- ▲359%
- Now £82.9k
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 125
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £85.2k
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- Now £914k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (4)
- Cumberland Packaging LimitedRev. £22.7m · Profit £2.1m
- C.P. Property Investments LimitedRev. £770k · Profit £1.2m
- E.m.h. LimitedRev. £0 · Profit £0
- CP Sheetfeeders LtdActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £2.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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