New Directions Holdings Limited
Registered name: NEW DIRECTIONS HOLDINGS LIMITED
New Directions Holdings Limited made a £273k loss in the year to 27 Jul 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
New Directions Holdings Limited reported a loss of £273k in the year to 27 Jul 2025; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 202 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in Cardiff; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cardiff, Wales
- Age
- 20 yrs · since 2006
- 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.
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 27 Mar 2022 | 2 Apr 2023 | 28 Jul 2024 | 27 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — | — |
| Profit after tax | £1.5m | £163k | £366k | −£273k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.5m | £163k | £366k | −£273k |
| Employees (average) | 185 | 192 | 199 | 202 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £8.1k | £847 | £1.8k | −£1.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Profit growth | — | ▼89.2% | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲3.8% | — | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.6m | £2.2m | £1.8m | £285k |
| Net assets | £1.9m | £2.1m | £2.6m | £2.3m |
| Fixed assets | £4.8m | £5.3m | £6.6m | £7.4m |
| Current assets | £4.6m | £3.9m | £3.4m | £3.4m |
| Debtors | £75.3k | £225k | £162k | £70.5k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£1.4k
- 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 £2.3m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £285k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 202
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £7.4m
Group structure
Subsidiaries (9)
- New Directions Education LimitedRev. £40.9m · Profit £480k
- Bu Agency LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Bu Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Bu Talent LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Checks Direct LimitedFigures not disclosed
- ND Care & Support LimitedFigures not disclosed
- New Directions (Recruitment) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- New Directions London LimitedFigures not disclosed
- New Directions Professional LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 27 Jul 2025 (profit −£273k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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