Project Orion Topco Limited
Registered name: PROJECT ORION TOPCO LIMITED
Part of Cbpe Capital LLP groupProject Orion Topco Limited made £51.1m revenue and a £10.4m loss in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
Project Orion Topco Limited’s revenue was £51.1m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with a loss of £10.4m and 452 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Leeds.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Leeds, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 2 yrs · since 2024
- 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
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |
| Revenue (turnover) | £51.1m |
| Cost of sales | −£19.7m |
| Gross profit | £31.3m |
| Operating profit | −£4.1m |
| Profit before tax | −£9.2m |
| Profit after tax | −£10.4m |
| Profit (best available) | −£10.4m |
| Employees (average) | 452 |
| Ratios | |
| Profit margin | −20.4% |
| Gross margin | 61.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £113k |
| Profit per employee | −£23.1k |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |
| Net assets | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −20.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 61.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £113k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£23.1k
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now 452
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Cbpe Capital LLPultimate parent50–75%
- Project Orion Topco Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Project Orion Noteco LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (29)
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- Cbpe Nominees LimitedFigures not disclosed
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- JRW Financial Management LtdFigures not disclosed
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- Unity Topco LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Veincentre Bidco LtdFigures not disclosed
- Veincentre Holdings LtdFigures not disclosed
- Veincentre Midco LtdFigures not disclosed
- Wilcox Financial Planning LtdFigures not disclosed
Minority corporate shareholders
- Cbpe Capital X GP LLP 25–50%
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit −£10.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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