HQCB Investments Limited
Registered name: HQCB INVESTMENTS LIMITED
Part of Canary Wharf Group Investment Holdings PLC groupHQCB Investments Limited made £40.4m revenue and £0 profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
HQCB Investments Limited’s revenue fell 4% to £40.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £0 profit and 0 employees. The company is classified under “development of building projects”; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London
- Age
- 24 yrs · since 2002
- 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 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £35.6m | £42m | £40.4m |
| Gross profit | £35.6m | £42m | £40.4m |
| Operating profit | −£86.5m | −£34.3m | £58.1m |
| Profit before tax | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Profit after tax | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Profit (best available) | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Gross margin | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲18% | ▼3.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £11.7k | £4.3k | £23.5k |
| Net assets | £1 | £1 | £1 |
| Fixed assets | £702m | £708m | £738m |
| Current assets | £215m | £227m | £255m |
| Debtors | £1k | £0 | £12 |
| Deferred income | £371k | £122k | £11.4k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 100%
- 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
- 1825%
- 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 £1
- Cash at bank
- ▲452%
- Now £23.5k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- ▼91%
- Now £11.4k
- Fixed assets
- ▲4%
- Now £738m
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
- Canary Wharf Group Investment Holdings PLCultimate parent75–100%
- Songbird Finance Limited50–75%
- CWG Newco Limited75–100%
- Canary Wharf Group PLC75–100%
- Canary Wharf Estate Limited75–100%
- Canary Wharf Holdings Limited75–100%
- Canary Wharf Investments Limited75–100%
- CWCB Holdings Limited75–100%
- HQCB Properties (HQ5 (2)) Limited75–100%
- HQCB Investments Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- HQCB Properties (HQ1) LimitedRev. £25.8m · Profit £44.9k
- HQCB Properties (HQ3) LimitedRev. £19.8m · Profit £36.5k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £0), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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