Cambridge Office Environments Ltd
Registered name: CAMBRIDGE OFFICE ENVIRONMENTS LTD
Part of Coel Business Group Ltd groupCambridge Office Environments Ltd made £21.7m revenue and £647k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Cambridge Office Environments Ltd’s revenue grew 34% to £21.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £647k profit. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in Babraham Road; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Babraham Road, East of England
- Age
- 26 yrs · since 2000
- 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.
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&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £21.4m | £16.2m | £21.7m |
| Cost of sales | £18.1m | £13.2m | −£18.2m |
| Gross profit | £3.3m | £3m | £3.5m |
| Operating profit | £565k | £643k | £728k |
| Profit before tax | £566k | £652k | £742k |
| Profit after tax | £476k | £446k | £647k |
| Profit (best available) | £476k | £446k | £647k |
| Staff costs | £3m | £3.8m | — |
| Employees (average) | 48 | 63 | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 2.2% | 2.8% | 3% |
| Gross margin | 15.5% | 18.4% | 16.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £447k | £258k | — |
| Profit per employee | £9.9k | £7.1k | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼24.3% | ▲33.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼6.3% | ▲45.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲31.3% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1.9m | £1.2m | — |
| Net assets | £1.4m | £1.1m | — |
| Fixed assets | £147k | £149k | — |
| Current assets | £8.2m | £8.5m | — |
| Debtors | £1.5m | £1.5m | — |
| Deferred income | £2.2m | £1.9m | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 16.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Coel Business Group Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Cambridge Office Environments Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (3)
- CMS (Cambridge) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Coel Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Coel Plumbing and Mechanical Services LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £647k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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