Ideal Group Holdings Limited
Registered name: IDEAL GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED
Part of Telelink Business Services Group Ad groupIdeal Group Holdings Limited made £11.8m revenue and £498k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Ideal Group Holdings Limited’s revenue fell 16% to £11.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £498k profit and 46 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in Brighton; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Brighton, South East
- Age
- 10 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 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £15.1m | £13.1m | £14.1m | £11.8m |
| Cost of sales | £8.9m | £7.1m | £7.9m | £6.5m |
| Gross profit | £6.2m | £6m | £6.3m | £5.3m |
| Operating profit | −£16.8k | £83.3k | £658k | £642k |
| Profit before tax | −£13.2k | £110k | £320k | £662k |
| Profit after tax | −£36.2k | £72.5k | £113k | £498k |
| Profit (best available) | −£36.2k | £72.5k | £113k | £498k |
| Employees (average) | 59 | 56 | 50 | 46 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −0.2% | 0.5% | 0.8% | 4.2% |
| Gross margin | 41.3% | 46.1% | 44.4% | 44.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £256k | £234k | £282k | £257k |
| Profit per employee | −£614 | £1.3k | £2.3k | £10.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼13.1% | ▲7.7% | ▼16.3% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲55.9% | ▲340.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼5.1% | ▼10.7% | ▼8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £75.2k | £74.9k | — | — |
| Net assets | £111k | £125k | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £83.8k | £103k | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 44.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £257k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £10.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼8%
- Now 46
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Telelink Business Services Group Ad (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Ideal Group Holdings Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Ideal Networks LimitedRev. £13.1m · Profit £77.5k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £498k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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