Cicero Consulting Limited
Registered name: CICERO CONSULTING LIMITED
Part of Havas N.V. groupCicero Consulting Limited made £6.7m revenue and a £422k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Cicero Consulting Limited’s revenue fell 16% to £6.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £422k and 41 employees. The company is classified under “public relations and communications activities” and is based in Maidstone; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Maidstone, South East
- 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 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £8.8m | £7.9m | £6.7m |
| Cost of sales | −£889k | −£616k | −£1.3m |
| Gross profit | £7.9m | £7.3m | £5.4m |
| Operating profit | £975k | £849k | −£568k |
| Profit before tax | £1.7m | £930k | −£551k |
| Profit after tax | £1.4m | £683k | −£422k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.4m | £683k | −£422k |
| Employees (average) | 58 | 48 | 41 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 15.9% | 8.6% | −6.3% |
| Gross margin | 89.9% | 92.2% | 80.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £152k | £165k | £163k |
| Profit per employee | £24.2k | £14.2k | −£10.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼9.9% | ▼15.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼51.2% | ▼161.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼17.2% | ▼14.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −6.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 80.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £163k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£10.3k
- 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
- ▼15%
- Now 41
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Havas N.V. (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Havas UK Limited75–100%
- Cicero Consulting Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Cicero Online LimitedRev. £438k · Profit −£26k
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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 2025 (profit −£422k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 12 Oct 2026
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