Cel Critical Power UK Limited
Registered name: CEL CRITICAL POWER UK LIMITED
Cel Critical Power UK Limited made £8.7m revenue and £630k profit in the year to 31 Oct 2025.
Cel Critical Power UK Limited’s revenue grew 771% to £8.7m in the year to 31 Oct 2025, with £630k profit and 3 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of electricity distribution and control apparatus” and is based in Epsom; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Epsom, London
- Age
- 5 yrs · since 2021
- 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: “CEL Critical Power Limited (formerly Control Equipment Limited)”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Oct 2022 | 31 Oct 2023 | 31 May 2024 | 31 Oct 2024 | 31 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — | £999k | £8.7m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | — | £1.1m | £8m |
| Gross profit | — | — | — | −£62.1k | £705k |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £1.1m | £630k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | — | £1.1m | £630k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | — | £1.1m | £630k |
| Employees (average) | 14 | 24 | 12 | 13 | 3 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | 107% | 7.2% |
| Gross margin | — | — | — | −6.2% | 8.1% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | — | £76.8k | £2.9m |
| Profit per employee | — | — | — | £82.2k | £210k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | — | ▲771.5% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | — | ▼41.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲71.4% | — | — | ▼76.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £10.3k | £44.2k | £41.6k | £46.5k | £1.7m |
| Net assets | −£602k | −£954k | −£1.9m | £134k | £764k |
| Fixed assets | £355k | £358k | £0 | — | — |
| Current assets | £835k | £1.4m | £367k | £154k | £5.2m |
| Debtors | £722k | £1.1m | £325k | £57.5k | £2.3m |
| Deferred income | — | — | — | £11.8k | £3.8m |
| Source | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 8.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £2.9m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £210k
- 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
- 43.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 26.7%
- 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
- ▲469%
- Now £764k
- Cash at bank
- ▲3637%
- Now £1.7m
- Headcount
- ▼77%
- Now 3
- Deferred income
- ▲31716%
- Now £3.8m
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Oct 2025 (profit £630k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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