Cde Group Holdings Limited
Registered name: CDE GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED
Part of Cde International Operations Limited groupCde Group Holdings Limited made £110m revenue and £2.6m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Cde Group Holdings Limited’s revenue fell 10% to £110m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £2.6m profit and 548 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Cookstown; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cookstown, Northern Ireland
- Age
- 6 yrs · since 2020
- 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.
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) | £132m | £123m | £110m |
| Cost of sales | −£96.2m | −£87m | −£83m |
| Gross profit | £36.3m | £35.7m | £27.2m |
| Operating profit | £6.1m | £8.9m | £3.2m |
| Profit before tax | £5.5m | £8.7m | £3.2m |
| Profit after tax | £5.4m | £8.7m | £2.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £5.4m | £8.7m | £2.6m |
| Employees (average) | 626 | 566 | 548 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 4% | 7.1% | 2.4% |
| Gross margin | 27.4% | 29.1% | 24.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £212k | £217k | £201k |
| Profit per employee | £8.6k | £15.4k | £4.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼7.3% | ▼10.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲63.2% | ▼70.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼9.6% | ▼3.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 24.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £201k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4.8k
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼3%
- Now 548
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Cde International Operations Limitedultimate parent50–75%
- Cde Group Holdings Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Cde Global LimitedRev. £110m · Profit £2m
- Cdenviro LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £2.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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