Icb (Trading) Limited
Registered name: ICB (TRADING) LIMITED
Icb (Trading) Limited made £14.7m revenue and a £140k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Icb (Trading) Limited’s revenue grew 1% to £14.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £140k and 65 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Poole; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Poole, South West
- Age
- 9 yrs · since 2016
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £14.5m | £14.7m |
| Cost of sales | £8.8m | £8.9m |
| Gross profit | £5.7m | £5.8m |
| Operating profit | £374k | −£81k |
| Profit before tax | £274k | −£185k |
| Profit after tax | £187k | −£140k |
| Profit (best available) | £187k | −£140k |
| Staff costs | £3.2m | £3.5m |
| Employees (average) | 62 | 65 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 1.3% | −0.9% |
| Gross margin | 39.1% | 39.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £233k | £226k |
| Profit per employee | £3k | −£2.2k |
| Cash conversion | 197.7% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲1.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼174.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £13.2k | £2.1k |
| Net assets | £1.4m | £1.4m |
| Fixed assets | £3.2m | £3.2m |
| Current assets | £3.7m | £3.2m |
| Debtors | £1.6m | £1.1m |
| Cash from operations | £739k | £19.9k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 39.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £226k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£2.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 21.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7.5%
- 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
- ▲1%
- Now £1.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼84%
- Now £2.1k
- Headcount
- ▲5%
- Now 65
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- Now £3.2m
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Icb (Waterproofing) LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£140k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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