Ceva Limited
Registered name: CEVA LIMITED
Ceva Limited made £1.5m revenue and £33.6k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Ceva Limited’s revenue fell 24% to £1.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £33.6k profit and 6 employees. The company is classified under “business and domestic software development” and is based in Belfast; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Belfast, Northern Ireland
- Age
- 29 yrs · since 1997
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £2.2m | £1.9m | £1.5m |
| Cost of sales | £1.5m | £1.4m | £840k |
| Gross profit | £697k | £542k | £637k |
| Operating profit | £667k | £170k | £87.2k |
| Profit before tax | £667k | £170k | £87.2k |
| Profit after tax | £557k | £133k | £33.6k |
| Profit (best available) | £557k | £133k | £33.6k |
| Employees (average) | 9 | 7 | 6 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 25.5% | 6.8% | 2.3% |
| Gross margin | 31.9% | 27.9% | 43.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £242k | £278k | £246k |
| Profit per employee | £61.9k | £18.9k | £5.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼10.9% | ▼24% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼76.2% | ▼74.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼22.2% | ▼14.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £64k | £147k | £500k |
| Net assets | £3.6m | £3.7m | £3.7m |
| Fixed assets | £5.8k | £13.7k | £36.2k |
| Current assets | £3.8m | £3.9m | £3.8m |
| Debtors | £0 | £0 | £3.3m |
| Deferred income | £174k | £235k | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 43.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £246k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 223.2%
- 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
- ▲1%
- Now £3.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲241%
- Now £500k
- Headcount
- ▼14%
- Now 6
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲163%
- Now £36.2k
Group structure
Minority corporate shareholders
- Ceva Inc (registered outside the UK register)
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £33.6k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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