Abacus Direct Group Holdings Limited
Registered name: ABACUS DIRECT GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED
Part of Newbury Investments Holdings Limited groupAbacus Direct Group Holdings Limited made £0 revenue and £4.1m profit in the year to 30 Dec 2024. read from filing text
Abacus Direct Group Holdings Limited’s revenue was £0 in the year to 30 Dec 2024, with £4.1m profit and 2 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Newbury; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Newbury, South East
- Age
- 6 yrs · since 2019
- 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. From the filing: “The immediate parent company is Abacus Group (Topco) Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales.”
Key figures
Unusual figures. Profit is higher than revenue in this filing. That usually means investment income, dividends from subsidiaries or one-off gains — or a mis-tagged figure. Check the original filing before drawing conclusions.
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 | 30 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £0 | £0 |
| Cost of sales | £13.1m | £12.3m | — |
| Profit before tax | — | £385k | £4.1m |
| Profit after tax | £250k | £385k | £4.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £250k | £385k | £4.1m |
| Staff costs | £0 | £0 | — |
| Employees (average) | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | — | — |
| Revenue per employee | — | £0 | £0 |
| Profit per employee | £250k | £385k | £2.1m |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Profit growth | — | ▲53.8% | ▲973.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲100% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1 | £1 | £0 |
| Net assets | £3.6m | £3.9m | £4.1m |
| Fixed assets | £5.1m | £4.8m | — |
| Debtors | £0 | £0 | — |
| Deferred income | £12.1k | £7.5k | £0 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £0
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.1m
- 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
- ▲3%
- Now £4.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼100%
- Now £0
- Headcount
- ▲100%
- Now 2
- Deferred income
- ▼100%
- Now £0
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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
- Newbury Investments Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Newbury Investments (UK) Limited75–100%
- Abacus Direct Group Holdings Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (57)
- Norbain Holdings LimitedRev. £132m · Profit £6m
- Decco LimitedRev. £108m · Profit £2.4m
- Deta Electrical Company LimitedRev. £77.8m · Profit £8.5m
- Abacus Direct LimitedRev. £15.7m · Profit £1.2m
- Abacus Direct Holdings LimitedRev. £0 · Profit £4.1m
- Abacus Group (Topco) LimitedRev. £0 · Profit −£7.4m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Dec 2024 (profit £4.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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