Community Brands UK Limited
Registered name: COMMUNITY BRANDS UK LIMITED
Community Brands UK Limited made £18.8m revenue and a £7.2m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Community Brands UK Limited’s revenue fell 5% to £18.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £7.2m and 317 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Leicester; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Leicester, East Midlands
- Age
- 9 yrs · since 2017
- 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 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £6.1m | £20.9m | £19.7m | £18.8m |
| Cost of sales | — | £1.8m | £5.8m | £5.9m | £5.5m |
| Gross profit | — | £4.2m | £15.1m | £13.8m | £13.3m |
| Operating profit | — | −£2.1m | −£3.6m | −£3.4m | −£7m |
| Profit before tax | — | −£12m | £8.5m | −£3.4m | −£7m |
| Profit after tax | −£6.9m | −£12.4m | £7.2m | −£4.4m | −£7.2m |
| Profit (best available) | −£6.9m | −£12.4m | £7.2m | −£4.4m | −£7.2m |
| Staff costs | — | £1.7m | £6.5m | £6.1m | — |
| Employees (average) | — | 280 | 133 | 118 | 317 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | — | −204.6% | 34.4% | −22.1% | −38.5% |
| Gross margin | — | 69.6% | 72.3% | 70.2% | 70.6% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £21.6k | £157k | £167k | £59.3k |
| Profit per employee | — | −£44.2k | £53.9k | −£36.9k | −£22.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲244.6% | ▼5.4% | ▼4.6% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼160.7% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▼52.5% | ▼11.3% | ▲168.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £0 | £7.4m | £8.3m | £5m | £3.8m |
| Net assets | £72.4m | £60.1m | £47.9m | £40.5m | £33.2m |
| Fixed assets | £77.8m | £46.5m | £33.3m | £26.3m | £18.9m |
| Current assets | £0 | £25.8m | £25.5m | £23.6m | £22.5m |
| Debtors | £0 | £4.5m | £3m | £3.9m | £2.7m |
| Deferred income | £0 | £7.6m | £7.3m | £7.9m | £7.1m |
| Cash from operations | — | £2.2m | −£1.8m | −£2.9m | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −38.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 70.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £59.3k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£22.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 100.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 37.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14.2%
- 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
- ▼18%
- Now £33.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼24%
- Now £3.8m
- Headcount
- ▲169%
- Now 317
- Deferred income
- ▼10%
- Now £7.1m
- Fixed assets
- ▼28%
- Now £18.9m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Smart Payments LimitedFigures 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 −£7.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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