Origin Investments Ltd
Registered name: ORIGIN INVESTMENTS LTD
Part of BF Inter Ltd groupOrigin Investments Ltd made £4.1m revenue and £184k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Origin Investments Ltd’s revenue was £4.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £184k profit and 21 employees. The company is classified under “financial intermediation not elsewhere classified” and is based in Cheltenham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cheltenham, South West
- Age
- 20 yrs · since 2005
- 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. From the filing: “The immediate parent company is Blackfinch Group Limited, a 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 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £3m | £4.3m | £4.1m | £4.1m |
| Cost of sales | £1.5m | £2.2m | £2.1m | £2m |
| Gross profit | £1.5m | £2.2m | £2.1m | £2.1m |
| Operating profit | £402k | £586k | £126k | £245k |
| Profit before tax | £399k | £565k | £115k | £245k |
| Profit after tax | £362k | £446k | £98.5k | £184k |
| Profit (best available) | £362k | £446k | £98.5k | £184k |
| Staff costs | £1.1m | £1.6m | £1.9m | £1.9m |
| Employees (average) | 14 | 18 | 20 | 21 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 12.1% | 10.3% | 2.4% | 4.5% |
| Gross margin | 50% | 50% | 50% | 52% |
| Revenue per employee | £213k | £240k | £206k | £196k |
| Profit per employee | £25.9k | £24.8k | £4.9k | £8.7k |
| Cash conversion | −75% | −18% | 142.6% | −27.7% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲44.8% | ▼4.6% | ▲0.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲23.3% | ▼77.9% | ▲86.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲28.6% | ▲11.1% | ▲5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £12.7k | £6.2k | £7.6k | £52.4k |
| Net assets | £301k | £747k | £846k | £1m |
| Current assets | £1.1m | £1.9m | £2.8m | £3.4m |
| Debtors | £1.1m | £1.9m | £2.8m | £3.3m |
| Deferred income | £22k | £81.2k | £74k | £51.1k |
| Cash from operations | −£302k | −£106k | £179k | −£67.9k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 52%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £196k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £8.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −27.7%
- 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
- 1.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 81.2%
- 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
- ▲22%
- Now £1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲588%
- Now £52.4k
- Headcount
- ▲5%
- Now 21
- Deferred income
- ▼31%
- Now £51.1k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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
- BF Inter Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Blackfinch Group Limited75–100%
- Origin Investments Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (9)
- Blackfinch Investments LimitedRev. £20.2m · Profit £2.1m
- Blackfinch Financial LimitedRev. £2.5m · Profit £258k
- Origin 2 LimitedRev. £1.3m · Profit £9.6k
- RCS Solutions LtdRev. £511k · Profit £36.3k
- Blackfinch Asset Management LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Blackfinch Corporate Services LimitedRev. — · Profit −£9.9k
- Blackfinch Holdings LimitedRev. — · Profit −£43.7k
- Blackfinch Trustees LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Wenup LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £184k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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