CPD Direct Limited
Registered name: CPD DIRECT LIMITED
Part of CPD Direct Eot Limited groupCPD Direct Limited made £18.9m revenue and £330k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025. read from filing text
CPD Direct Limited’s revenue fell 10% to £18.9m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £330k profit and 42 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Hull; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Hull, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 11 yrs · since 2015
- 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.
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 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 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) | £16.7m | £19.8m | £21m | £18.9m |
| Cost of sales | £14.3m | £16.7m | £17.5m | £15.6m |
| Gross profit | £2.4m | £3.1m | £3.5m | £3.3m |
| Operating profit | £81.5k | £541k | £872k | £567k |
| Profit before tax | £59.2k | £455k | £830k | £517k |
| Profit after tax | £6.2k | £291k | £565k | £330k |
| Profit (best available) | £6.2k | £291k | £565k | £330k |
| Employees (average) | 43 | 44 | 42 | 42 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0% | 1.5% | 2.7% | 1.8% |
| Gross margin | 14.5% | 15.8% | 16.8% | 17.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £388k | £451k | £500k | £450k |
| Profit per employee | £145 | £6.6k | £13.4k | £7.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲18.7% | ▲5.9% | ▼10.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲4563% | ▲93.8% | ▼41.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2.3% | ▼4.5% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £100 | £55 | £130 | £130 |
| Net assets | £860 | £1.7k | £2.8k | £843 |
| Fixed assets | £3.4m | £3.4m | £3.4m | £3.4m |
| Deferred income | £3k | £3k | £3k | £6k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 17.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £450k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 17.8%
- 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
- ▼70%
- Now £843
- Cash at bank
- 0%
- Now £130
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 42
- Deferred income
- ▲100%
- Now £6k
- Fixed assets
- 0%
- Now £3.4m
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
- CPD Direct Eot Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- CPD Direct Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Cleaning and Paper Disposables LimitedRev. £18.9m · Profit £559k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £330k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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