Ice Telecommunications Ltd
Registered name: ICE TELECOMMUNICATIONS LTD
Part of Ice Comms Holdings Ltd groupIce Telecommunications Ltd made £19.2m revenue and £402k profit in the year to 30 Dec 2024.
Ice Telecommunications Ltd’s revenue grew 13% to £19.2m in the year to 30 Dec 2024, with £402k profit and 134 employees. The company is classified under “wired telecommunications activities” and is based in Crewe; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Crewe, North West
- Age
- 12 yrs · since 2014
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2021 | 30 Dec 2022 | 30 Dec 2023 | 30 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £18.4m | £15.3m | £17m | £19.2m |
| Cost of sales | £11.6m | £11m | £10.3m | £12.3m |
| Gross profit | £6.8m | £4.3m | £6.7m | £7m |
| Operating profit | £1m | −£2.3m | £229k | £412k |
| Profit before tax | £509k | −£200k | £194k | £383k |
| Profit after tax | £428k | −£204k | £205k | £402k |
| Profit (best available) | £428k | −£204k | £205k | £402k |
| Staff costs | £4.6m | £4.5m | £4.1m | £4.9m |
| Employees (average) | 137 | 131 | 119 | 134 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.3% | −1.3% | 1.2% | 2.1% |
| Gross margin | 36.8% | 28.1% | 39.6% | 36.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £134k | £117k | £143k | £144k |
| Profit per employee | £3.1k | −£1.6k | £1.7k | £3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼16.6% | ▲10.9% | ▲13.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼147.7% | — | ▲96.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4.4% | ▼9.2% | ▲12.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £750k | £58k | £279k | £935k |
| Net assets | £641k | −£165k | −£1.6m | −£1.2m |
| Fixed assets | £437k | £341k | £489k | £946k |
| Current assets | £4.8m | £4.8m | £4.5m | £5.3m |
| Debtors | £643k | £1.4m | £1.4m | £854k |
| Deferred income | £30k | £35k | £378k | £202k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 36.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £144k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 4.4%
- 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 −£1.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲235%
- Now £935k
- Headcount
- ▲13%
- Now 134
- Deferred income
- ▼47%
- Now £202k
- Fixed assets
- ▲94%
- Now £946k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Ice Comms Holdings Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Ice Telecommunications Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Ice Telecommunications (Chester) LtdFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (1)
- Ice Comms Properties LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Dec 2024 (profit £402k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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