Nex Optimisation Limited
Registered name: NEX OPTIMISATION LIMITED
Part of Cme Group Inc groupNex Optimisation Limited made £74.7m revenue and £75.8m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Nex Optimisation Limited’s revenue grew 14% to £74.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £75.8m profit. The company is classified under “activities of financial services holding companies” and is based in Manchester; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Liquidation
- Location
- Manchester
- Age
- 12 yrs · since 2014
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Unusual figures. Profit is higher than revenue in this filing. That usually means investment income, dividends from subsidiaries or one-off gains — or a mis-tagged figure. Check the original filing before drawing conclusions.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit & loss | Profit & loss |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £65.5m | £74.7m |
| Operating profit | £59.4m | £74.7m |
| Profit before tax | £61.2m | £75.8m |
| Profit after tax | £60.8m | £75.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £60.8m | £75.8m |
| Employees (average) | — | — |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 92.9% | 101.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲14.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲24.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 101.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
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- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
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- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
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- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
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- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
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- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
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- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
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- 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
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- Now —
- Cash at bank
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- Now —
- Headcount
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- Now —
- Deferred income
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- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Cme Group Inc (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Cme London Limited75–100%
- Nex International Limited75–100%
- Nex Group Holdings Limited75–100%
- Nex Optimisation Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (4)
- Cme Finance Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Godsell Astley & Pearce (Holdings) LimitedLiquidationFigures not disclosed
- Nex International Investments LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Nex Markets LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £75.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 21 Oct 2026