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Company No. 05938802 · Incorporated 18 Sep 2006

Communications Plus Ltd

Registered name: COMMUNICATIONS PLUS LTD

Part of Hgcapital LLP group

Communications Plus Ltd made £8.2m revenue and a £1.1m loss in the year to 31 May 2025. read from filing text

Communications Plus Ltd’s revenue fell 87% to £8.2m in the year to 31 May 2025, with a loss of £1.1m and 56 employees. The company is classified under “other telecommunications activities” and is based in Shoreham-by-Sea; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection J · Information and communicationSIC 61900Other telecommunications activities
Status
Active
Location
Shoreham-by-Sea, South East
Age
20 yrs · since 2006
Type
Private Limited Company

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.

Latest accounts · year to 31 May 2025

Key figures

Revenue
£8.2m
Growth ▼87.3%
Profit
−£1.1m
Growth ▼111.1%
Profit margin
−13.4%
Gross 44.2%
Employees
56
Change ▼67.1%
Profit / employee
−£19.5k
Revenue/employee £146k
Profitable streak
0yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

3 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to30 Nov 202231 May 202431 May 2025
DisclosureFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£46.6m£64.6m£8.2m
Cost of sales£33.3m£37.9m£4.6m
Gross profit£13.3m£26.6m£3.6m
Operating profit£1.6m£13.2m−£1.2m
Profit before tax£1.6m£13.3m−£1.2m
Profit after tax£1.1m£9.8m−£1.1m
Profit (best available)£1.1m£9.8m−£1.1m
Employees (average)21617056
Ratios
Profit margin2.4%15.2%−13.4%
Gross margin28.6%41.3%44.2%
Revenue per employee£216k£380k£146k
Profit per employee£5.2k£57.7k−£19.5k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth——▼87.3%
Profit growth——▼111.1%
Headcount growth——▼67.1%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£3.8m£1.6m£42.6k
Net assets£6m£14.5m£13.9m
Fixed assets£5m£4.9m£4.7m
Current assets£12.3m£14.8m£10.2m
Debtors£4.3m£10.5m£397k
Deferred income£1.5m£187k£76.6k
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
−13.4%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
44.2%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£146k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
−£19.5k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
57.9%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
0.9%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
4.9%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▼4%
Now £13.9m
Cash at bank
▼97%
Now £42.6k
Headcount
▼67%
Now 56
Deferred income
▼59%
Now £76.6k
Fixed assets
▼3%
Now £4.7m

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Hgcapital LLPultimate parent75–100%
  2. HG Genesis 10 Nominees Limited75–100%
  3. Fern Holdco Limited75–100%
  4. Fern Midco Limited75–100%
  5. Fern Bidco Limited75–100%
  6. Eclipse (Midco 1) Limited75–100%
  7. Eclipse (Midco 2) Limited75–100%
  8. Focus Group Trading Limited75–100%
  9. Focus 4 U Ltd.75–100%
  10. Communications Plus Ltdthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Subsidiaries (1)

Sister companies (43)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 May 2025 (profit −£1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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