CFR Investments Limited
Registered name: CFR INVESTMENTS LIMITED
CFR Investments Limited made £23.6m revenue and a £94.5k loss in the year to 31 Oct 2025. read from filing text
CFR Investments Limited’s revenue fell 23% to £23.6m in the year to 31 Oct 2025, with a loss of £94.5k and 145 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Cheltenham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cheltenham, South West
- Age
- 17 yrs · since 2009
- 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
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Oct 2022 | 31 Oct 2023 | 31 Oct 2024 | 31 Oct 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) | £18m | £22m | £30.6m | £23.6m |
| Cost of sales | £13.9m | £17.3m | £24.9m | £18.8m |
| Gross profit | £4.2m | £4.7m | £5.7m | £4.8m |
| Operating profit | £381k | £1.1m | £1m | −£103k |
| Profit before tax | £286k | £535k | £1m | −£82.7k |
| Profit after tax | £416k | £535k | £828k | −£94.5k |
| Profit (best available) | £416k | £535k | £828k | −£94.5k |
| Employees (average) | 134 | 127 | 157 | 145 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.3% | 2.4% | 2.7% | −0.4% |
| Gross margin | 23.1% | 21.3% | 18.7% | 20.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £134k | £173k | £195k | £163k |
| Profit per employee | £3.1k | £4.2k | £5.3k | −£652 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲21.9% | ▲39.3% | ▼22.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲28.8% | ▲54.6% | ▼111.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼5.2% | ▲23.6% | ▼7.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1 | £1 | £1 | £1 |
| Net assets | £1 | £1 | £1 | £1 |
| Fixed assets | £100 | £100 | £100 | £100 |
| Deferred income | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 20.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £163k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£652
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- 0%
- Now £1
- Cash at bank
- 0%
- Now £1
- Headcount
- ▼8%
- Now 145
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £0
- Fixed assets
- 0%
- Now £100
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- C F R Group Services LimitedRev. £516k · Profit −£256k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Oct 2025 (profit −£94.5k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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