Cimbali Group UK Limited
Registered name: CIMBALI GROUP UK LIMITED
Cimbali Group UK Limited made £16.7m revenue and £176k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Cimbali Group UK Limited’s revenue grew 14% to £16.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £176k profit and 77 employees. The company is classified under “non-specialised wholesale trade” and is based in Elstree; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Elstree, East of England
- Age
- 53 yrs · since 1973
- 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 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £14m | £13.6m | £14.7m | £16.7m |
| Cost of sales | £10.6m | £10.7m | £11.5m | £12.3m |
| Gross profit | £3.5m | £2.8m | £3.2m | £4.5m |
| Operating profit | £36.9k | −£16.1k | £101k | £131k |
| Profit before tax | £40.8k | −£2.6k | £121k | £156k |
| Profit after tax | −£42k | £13.6k | £150k | £176k |
| Profit (best available) | −£42k | £13.6k | £150k | £176k |
| Staff costs | £3.5m | £3.8m | £3.6m | £4m |
| Employees (average) | 78 | 84 | 76 | 77 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −0.3% | 0.1% | 1% | 1.1% |
| Gross margin | 24.7% | 20.8% | 21.5% | 26.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £180k | £161k | £193k | £217k |
| Profit per employee | −£538 | £162 | £2k | £2.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼3.4% | ▲8.4% | ▲13.9% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲1007% | ▲16.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7.7% | ▼9.5% | ▲1.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.5m | £1.2m | £953k | £1.2m |
| Net assets | £491k | £505k | £655k | £830k |
| Fixed assets | £929k | £846k | £619k | £520k |
| Current assets | £8.5m | £6.9m | £7.9m | £7.3m |
| Debtors | £2.7m | £3.2m | £4.1m | £3.2m |
| Deferred income | £653k | £408k | £410k | £906k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 26.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £217k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 5.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 18.9%
- 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
- ▲27%
- Now £830k
- Cash at bank
- ▲30%
- Now £1.2m
- Headcount
- ▲1%
- Now 77
- Deferred income
- ▲121%
- Now £906k
- Fixed assets
- ▼16%
- Now £520k
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 Dec 2025 (profit £176k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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