The Freethinking Group Limited
Registered name: THE FREETHINKING GROUP LIMITED
Part of The Freethinking Group Limited groupThe Freethinking Group Limited made £880k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2024 (revenue not disclosed).
The Freethinking Group Limited reported £880k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2024, down 55% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 9 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Manchester, England; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Manchester, England, North West
- Age
- 7 yrs · since 2019
- 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.
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
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — |
| Cost of sales | £86.6m | £79.1m |
| Profit after tax | £2m | £880k |
| Profit (best available) | £2m | £880k |
| Staff costs | £401k | £645k |
| Employees (average) | 6 | 9 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £326k | £97.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Profit growth | — | ▼55.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲50% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £151k | £158k |
| Net assets | £3.5m | £3m |
| Fixed assets | £1.4m | £1.4m |
| Current assets | £1.6m | £1.9m |
| Debtors | £0 | £0 |
| Deferred income | £58.3k | £69.7k |
| Cash from operations | −£4.7m | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £97.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- ▼14%
- Now £3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲5%
- Now £158k
- Headcount
- ▲50%
- Now 9
- Deferred income
- ▲19%
- Now £69.7k
- 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
Ownership chain
- The Freethinking Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- The Freethinking Group Eot Limited75–100%
- The Freethinking Group Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (5)
- Republic of Media LimitedRev. £91.5m · Profit £1.4m
- Freethinking Capital LtdFigures not disclosed
- Intelligence22 LtdFigures not disclosed
- Numodo LimitedRev. — · Profit £226k
- The Freethinking Group Eot LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2024 (profit £880k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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