Direct Holdings Limited
Registered name: DIRECT HOLDINGS LIMITED
Part of Direct Consolidated Limited groupDirect Holdings Limited made £0 revenue and a £2.9k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Direct Holdings Limited’s revenue was £0 in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £2.9k and 4 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in Witham; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Witham, East of England
- 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 May 2022 | 31 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 | 31 May 2025 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Operating profit | −£12.3k | −£13.8k | −£40.7k | £7.2k | £5.1k |
| Profit before tax | −£12.3k | −£13.4k | −£12.8k | £44 | £425 |
| Profit after tax | −£12.3k | −£15.2k | −£17.4k | −£5.5k | −£2.9k |
| Profit (best available) | −£12.3k | −£15.2k | −£17.4k | −£5.5k | −£2.9k |
| Staff costs | £128k | £153k | £142k | £153k | £96.4k |
| Employees (average) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | — | — |
| Revenue per employee | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Profit per employee | −£2.5k | −£3k | −£3.5k | −£1.1k | −£726 |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | 0% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £57.9k | £759k | £157k | £212k | £208k |
| Net assets | £1.2m | £2.7m | £2.7m | £2.7m | £2.6m |
| Fixed assets | £1.6m | £3.1m | £3m | £3m | £3m |
| Current assets | £1.6m | £2.3m | £1.7m | £1.6m | £1.6m |
| Debtors | £1.5m | £1.5m | £1.5m | £0 | £316 |
| Deferred income | £2.5k | £4.8k | £4.8k | £4.8k | £3.8k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £0
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£726
- 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 £2.6m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £208k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 4
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £3.8k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £3m
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
- Direct Consolidated Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Direct Holdings Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Direct Meats (Knights Farm) LtdRev. £15.1m · Profit £361k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£2.9k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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