Cegal Limited
Registered name: CEGAL LIMITED
Cegal Limited made £19.7m revenue and £2m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Cegal Limited’s revenue grew 39% to £19.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £2m profit and 82 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in Thames Ditton; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Thames Ditton, London
- Age
- 18 yrs · since 2007
- 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. From the filing: “Cegal GeoScience AS”
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&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £12.1m | £13.8m | £14.1m | £19.7m |
| Cost of sales | £4.2m | £4.8m | £4.8m | £7.6m |
| Gross profit | £7.9m | £9m | £9.3m | £12.1m |
| Operating profit | £1.2m | £1.3m | £710k | £2.7m |
| Profit before tax | £1.2m | £1.3m | £732k | £2.7m |
| Profit after tax | £923k | £948k | £435k | £2m |
| Profit (best available) | £923k | £948k | £435k | £2m |
| Staff costs | £5m | £5.6m | £6.5m | £7.3m |
| Employees (average) | 70 | 75 | 78 | 82 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 7.6% | 6.9% | 3.1% | 10.2% |
| Gross margin | 65.2% | 65% | 66.1% | 61.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £173k | £185k | £181k | £240k |
| Profit per employee | £13.2k | £12.6k | £5.6k | £24.6k |
| Cash conversion | −83.4% | −177.7% | 47.5% | −121% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲14.4% | ▲2.1% | ▲39.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲2.7% | ▼54.1% | ▲363.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7.1% | ▲4% | ▲5.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.5m | £2.7m | £1.8m | £4.8m |
| Net assets | £4.2m | £5.2m | £5.6m | £7.6m |
| Fixed assets | £1.5m | £1.4m | £1.2m | £863k |
| Current assets | £4.6m | £5.3m | £6.3m | £10.1m |
| Debtors | £1m | £777k | £1.4m | £1.4m |
| Deferred income | £840k | £982k | £986k | — |
| Cash from operations | −£971k | −£2.3m | £337k | −£3.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 10.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 61.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £240k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £24.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −121%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7.3%
- 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
- ▲36%
- Now £7.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲160%
- Now £4.8m
- Headcount
- ▲5%
- Now 82
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼29%
- Now £863k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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