Cognizant Worldwide Limited
Registered name: COGNIZANT WORLDWIDE LIMITED
Part of Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation groupCognizant Worldwide Limited made £12.1bn revenue and £726m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Cognizant Worldwide Limited’s revenue grew 4% to £12.1bn in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £726m profit. The company is classified under “information technology consultancy activities” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London
- Age
- 16 yrs · since 2010
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
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) | £11.4bn | £11.6bn | £12.1bn |
| Cost of sales | −£10.6bn | −£10.8bn | −£11.1bn |
| Gross profit | £793m | £819m | £1bn |
| Operating profit | £728m | £670m | £875m |
| Profit before tax | £760m | £654m | £945m |
| Profit after tax | £589m | £482m | £726m |
| Profit (best available) | £589m | £482m | £726m |
| Employees (average) | — | — | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 5.2% | 4.2% | 6% |
| Gross margin | 7% | 7.1% | 8.4% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲1.9% | ▲4.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼18.1% | ▲50.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 8.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
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- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
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- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
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- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
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- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
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- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
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- 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
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- Now —
- Cash at bank
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- Now —
- Headcount
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- Now —
- Deferred income
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- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Cognizant Holdings UK Limited75–100%
- Cognizant Worldwide Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (11)
- Contino Solutions LimitedRev. £15.8m · Profit £5.1m
- Inawisdom LtdRev. £8.6m · Profit £30.1m
- Cognizant New Solutions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Cognizant Oil and Gas Consulting Services UK LtdFigures not disclosed
- Cognizant Technology Solutions (GB) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Devbridge UK LtdLiquidationFigures not disclosed
- Mobica Bidco LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Mobica Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Mobica LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Thirdera UK LtdFigures not disclosed
- Zentek Engineering (UK) LimitedLiquidationFigures 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 £726m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 21 Oct 2026
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