Earthstream Global Limited
Registered name: EARTHSTREAM GLOBAL LIMITED
Part of Xcede Global Holdings Limited groupEarthstream Global Limited made £29m revenue and £76.6k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Earthstream Global Limited’s revenue fell 9% to £29m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £76.6k profit and 26 employees. The company is classified under “other activities of employment placement agencies” and is based in London; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 13 yrs · since 2013
- 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 | 31 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £21.5m | £24.3m | £33.1m | £31.9m | £29m |
| Cost of sales | £17m | £20.2m | £27m | £26.3m | £23m |
| Gross profit | £4.5m | £4.2m | £6.1m | £5.6m | £6m |
| Operating profit | −£53k | −£11.3m | −£4.1m | £10.4m | £318k |
| Profit before tax | −£126k | −£11.4m | −£4.5m | £10m | £76.6k |
| Profit after tax | −£126k | −£11.4m | −£4.5m | £10m | £76.6k |
| Profit (best available) | −£126k | −£11.4m | −£4.5m | £10m | £76.6k |
| Staff costs | £2.3m | £2.9m | £3.2m | £3.1m | £2.8m |
| Employees (average) | 20 | 26 | 27 | 31 | 26 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | −0.6% | −47% | −13.6% | 31.4% | 0.3% |
| Gross margin | 20.8% | 17.1% | 18.4% | 17.7% | 20.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.1m | £936k | £1.2m | £1m | £1.1m |
| Profit per employee | −£6.3k | −£440k | −£167k | £323k | £2.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲13.2% | ▲36.1% | ▼3.7% | ▼9% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | — | ▼99.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲30% | ▲3.9% | ▲14.8% | ▼16.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £327k | £351k | £8k | £195k | £38.1k |
| Net assets | −£6.5m | −£17.9m | −£22.4m | −£12.4m | −£12.3m |
| Fixed assets | £198k | £91k | £34k | £4k | £605 |
| Current assets | £14.1m | £9.1m | £11.5m | £8.5m | £10m |
| Debtors | £4.5m | £5.2m | £7.7m | £3.5m | £4.6m |
| Deferred income | £2.2m | £1.9m | £2.3m | £1.1m | £2.1m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 20.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.1m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.9k
- 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
- 7.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 15.9%
- 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 −£12.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼81%
- Now £38.1k
- Headcount
- ▼16%
- Now 26
- Deferred income
- ▲90%
- Now £2.1m
- Fixed assets
- ▼85%
- Now £605
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
- Xcede Global Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Xcede Corporate Limited75–100%
- Xcede Group Limited75–100%
- Techstream Group Holdings Limited75–100%
- Earthstream Global Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- ESG1 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 31 Dec 2025 (profit £76.6k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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