CT Group (UK) Trading Limited
Registered name: CT GROUP (UK) TRADING LIMITED
Part of CT Group Holdings Ltd groupCT Group (UK) Trading Limited made £25.3m revenue and a £217k loss in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
CT Group (UK) Trading Limited’s revenue fell 27% to £25.3m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with a loss of £217k and 73 employees. The company is classified under “market research and public opinion polling” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 16 yrs · since 2010
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £12.5m | £20.8m | £34.7m | £25.3m |
| Cost of sales | £7.5m | £13.5m | £20.5m | £13.5m |
| Gross profit | £5m | £7.3m | £14.2m | £11.8m |
| Operating profit | £3.7m | £2.4m | £3.7m | £42k |
| Profit before tax | £4.4m | £5.3m | £3.7m | −£15.5k |
| Profit after tax | £3.7m | £4.7m | £2.7m | −£217k |
| Profit (best available) | £3.7m | £4.7m | £2.7m | −£217k |
| Staff costs | £3.7m | £7.6m | £12.4m | £9.3m |
| Employees (average) | 28 | 51 | 77 | 73 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 29.3% | 22.6% | 7.8% | −0.9% |
| Gross margin | 40.3% | 35.1% | 40.8% | 46.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £446k | £409k | £451k | £346k |
| Profit per employee | £130k | £92.5k | £35k | −£3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲67% | ▲66.4% | ▼27.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲29.1% | ▼42.9% | ▼108% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲82.1% | ▲51% | ▼5.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £707k | £532k | £1.4m | £2.3m |
| Net assets | £9.8m | £779k | £2.9m | £2.2m |
| Fixed assets | £151k | £73.2k | £656k | £534k |
| Current assets | £17m | £12.4m | £20.4m | £16.3m |
| Debtors | £3.6m | £5.3m | £10.5m | £5.7m |
| Deferred income | £5.5m | £4.2m | £9.5m | £6.4m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 46.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £346k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 25.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 22.4%
- 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
- ▼26%
- Now £2.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲59%
- Now £2.3m
- Headcount
- ▼5%
- Now 73
- Deferred income
- ▼33%
- Now £6.4m
- Fixed assets
- ▼19%
- Now £534k
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
- CT Group Holdings Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- CT Group International Ltd75–100%
- CT Group (UK) Trading Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- CT Corporate Advisory LimitedFigures not disclosed
- CT Local LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (1)
- CT Solutions & Private Advisory LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit −£217k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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