Esp Global Holdings Limited
Registered name: ESP GLOBAL HOLDINGS LIMITED
Esp Global Holdings Limited made £39.4m revenue and £517k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Esp Global Holdings Limited’s revenue grew 7% to £39.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £517k profit and 542 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Reading; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Reading, South East
- Age
- 24 yrs · since 2002
- 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.
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&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £39.3m | £36.9m | £39.4m |
| Cost of sales | £31.1m | £27m | £29m |
| Gross profit | £8.2m | £9.9m | £10.4m |
| Operating profit | −£987k | £803k | £983k |
| Profit before tax | −£1.2m | £513k | £716k |
| Profit after tax | −£1.1m | £367k | £517k |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.1m | £367k | £517k |
| Employees (average) | 576 | 540 | 542 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −2.7% | 1% | 1.3% |
| Gross margin | 20.8% | 26.9% | 26.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £68.2k | £68.4k | £72.7k |
| Profit per employee | −£1.9k | £680 | £954 |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼6% | ▲6.7% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲40.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼6.3% | ▲0.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | £633k | £633k | £633k |
| Fixed assets | £1.4m | £1.4m | £1.4m |
| Debtors | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Deferred income | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 26.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £72.7k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £954
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- 0%
- Now £633k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲0%
- Now 542
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £0
- Fixed assets
- 0%
- Now £1.4m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Esp Global Services LimitedRev. £39.4m · Profit £515k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £517k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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