CP (Electric) Limited
Registered name: CP (ELECTRIC) LIMITED
Part of Squared Midco Limited groupCP (Electric) Limited made £50.5m revenue and £12.9m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2023.
CP (Electric) Limited’s revenue grew 42% to £50.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2023, with £12.9m profit and 17 employees. The company is classified under “other retail sale in non-specialised stores” and is based in Kilmarnock; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Kilmarnock, Scotland
- Age
- 9 yrs · since 2017
- Type
- Private Limited Company
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: “CP (Electric) Management Services LTD”
Key figures
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £35.5m | £50.5m |
| Cost of sales | £25.2m | £32.3m |
| Gross profit | £10.4m | £18.2m |
| Operating profit | £9.4m | £16.5m |
| Profit before tax | £9.4m | £16.5m |
| Profit after tax | £7.6m | £12.9m |
| Profit (best available) | £7.6m | £12.9m |
| Staff costs | £438k | £779k |
| Employees (average) | 15 | 17 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 21.3% | 25.5% |
| Gross margin | 29.2% | 36.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £2.4m | £3m |
| Profit per employee | £505k | £758k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲42% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲70.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲13.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £873k | £11.4m |
| Net assets | £14.3m | £22.2m |
| Fixed assets | £70.8k | £46.8k |
| Current assets | £18.7m | £31.3m |
| Debtors | £10.7m | £12.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 25.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 36.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £3m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £758k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 24.1%
- 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
- ▲55%
- Now £22.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲1205%
- Now £11.4m
- Headcount
- ▲13%
- Now 17
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼34%
- Now £46.8k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Squared Midco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Squared Bidco Limited75–100%
- CP (Electric) Management Services Ltd75–100%
- CP (Electric) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
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 2023 (profit £12.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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