CX Utilities Ltd
Registered name: CX UTILITIES LTD
Part of RSK Group Limited groupCX Utilities Ltd made £4m revenue and £304k profit in the year to 6 Apr 2025.
CX Utilities Ltd’s revenue grew 21% to £4m in the year to 6 Apr 2025, with £304k profit and 9 employees. The company is classified under “specialised design activities” and is based in Helsby; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Helsby, North West
- Age
- 11 yrs · since 2015
- 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: “CX Group Holdings Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2024 | 6 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £3.3m | £4m |
| Cost of sales | £2.4m | £3m |
| Gross profit | £852k | £991k |
| Profit before tax | £99.5k | £447k |
| Profit after tax | £70.3k | £304k |
| Profit (best available) | £70.3k | £304k |
| Employees (average) | 7 | 9 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 2.2% | 7.7% |
| Gross margin | 26.1% | 25.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £466k | £439k |
| Profit per employee | £10k | £33.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲21.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲332.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲28.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £393k | £457k |
| Net assets | £643k | £748k |
| Fixed assets | £105k | £110k |
| Current assets | £2.6m | £2.8m |
| Debtors | £1.1m | £289k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 25.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £439k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £33.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.8%
- 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
- ▲16%
- Now £748k
- Cash at bank
- ▲16%
- Now £457k
- Headcount
- ▲29%
- Now 9
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲5%
- Now £110k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- RSK Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- RSK Environment Limited75–100%
- CX Group Holdings Limited75–100%
- CX Utilities Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- CX Energy LtdRev. £10.9m · Profit £602k
- RSK Utility Consulting LimitedRev. £677k · Profit £52.2k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 6 Apr 2025 (profit £304k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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