Minerva Equity Limited
Registered name: MINERVA EQUITY LIMITED
Part of Cvc Capital Partners Plc groupMinerva Equity Limited made £2.5bn revenue and a £78.9m loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Minerva Equity Limited’s revenue grew 14% to £2.5bn in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £78.9m. The company is classified under “non-trading company” and is based in Stevenage; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Stevenage
- Age
- 8 yrs · since 2018
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.9bn | £2.2bn | £2.5bn |
| Cost of sales | −£1.7bn | −£2bn | −£2.2bn |
| Gross profit | £200m | £213m | £304m |
| Operating profit | −£9.5m | £12.7m | £4.2m |
| Profit before tax | −£79.3m | −£80.3m | −£87.7m |
| Profit after tax | −£79.5m | −£81.3m | −£78.9m |
| Profit (best available) | −£79.5m | −£81.3m | −£78.9m |
| Employees (average) | — | — | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −4.3% | −3.7% | −3.1% |
| Gross margin | 10.7% | 9.7% | 12.2% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲17.8% | ▲14.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −3.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 12.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- 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
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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 —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Cvc Capital Partners Plc (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- M Group Limited75–100%
- Midas Bidco I Limited75–100%
- Minerva Equity Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Minerva Bidco LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit −£78.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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