Cantillon Capital Limited
Registered name: CANTILLON CAPITAL LIMITED
Cantillon Capital Limited made £28.8m revenue and £16.7m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Cantillon Capital Limited’s revenue grew 17% to £28.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £16.7m profit and 14 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 23 yrs · since 2003
- Type
- Private Limited Company
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) | £19.8m | £24.6m | £28.8m |
| Operating profit | £9.1m | £13.2m | £16.7m |
| Profit before tax | £9.1m | £13.2m | £16.9m |
| Profit after tax | £9.1m | £13.3m | £16.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £9.1m | £13.3m | £16.7m |
| Employees (average) | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 45.9% | 53.9% | 58% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.4m | £1.8m | £2.1m |
| Profit per employee | £649k | £947k | £1.2m |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲24.2% | ▲17% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲45.8% | ▲25.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 58%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £2.1m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.2m
- 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
- 0%
- Now 14
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Cantillon Capital Management LLPFigures 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 2025 (profit £16.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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