CityFibre: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show
CityFibre Infrastructure Holdings Limited's person with significant control on the Companies House register is Cityfibre Holdco Limited. In the year to December 2025 CityFibre Infrastructure Holdings Limited reported turnover of £170m.
- In the year to December 2025, CityFibre had turnover of £170m, up 26.7% on the year before.
- It made a pre-tax loss of £545m, losing £321.63 of every £100 of sales.
- It employed an average of 1,473 people, with staff costs of £137m.
- CityFibre Infrastructure Holdings Limited is controlled by Cityfibre Holdco Limited, according to the Companies House register.
- These figures are from CityFibre Infrastructure Holdings Limited's group accounts for the year to December 2025, filed at Companies House on 7 October 2026.
- Registered name
- CITYFIBRE INFRASTRUCTURE HOLDINGS LIMITED
- Company number
- 08772997
- Status
- Active
- Incorporated
- 13 November 2013
- Registered office area
- West-Central London
- Industry code on the register
- 61900: Telecommunications
- Accounts
- Group accounts, covering the companies it owns
- Accounts type
- Full group accounts
- Latest accounts
- Year to December 2025, filed 7 October 2026
What does CityFibre do?
CityFibre builds and runs full-fibre broadband networks in towns and cities across the UK, selling access on a wholesale basis to broadband providers rather than to households directly. It makes money from the fees internet providers pay to use its network to serve their own customers, as well as from connections for businesses and public sector sites. It positions itself as an alternative national network to Openreach. It was founded in 2011 and is privately owned by infrastructure investors.
In brief: full-fibre network · wholesale only · alternative to Openreach · privately owned
Source: Spark Intel editorial, checked 24 September 2026. Official website: cityfibre.com.
Who owns CityFibre?
The Companies House register records Cityfibre Holdco Limited as the person with significant control of CityFibre Infrastructure Holdings Limited, company number 08772997. Cityfibre Holdco Limited is itself company number 11722699.
That places CityFibre Infrastructure Holdings Limited inside a larger group. Its accounts are group accounts, covering the companies it owns as well.
The full ownership record is on the Companies House register. Control is given in the bands the register uses, not as exact shareholdings.
Who runs CityFibre?
The Companies House register lists 7 current officers for CityFibre Infrastructure Holdings Limited.
All 7 current officers
| Officer | Appointed |
|---|---|
| Christopher Gawn | 10 December 2013 |
| Simon Holden | 11 March 2019 |
| Nicholas James Dunn | 20 January 2021 |
| Sharon Emma Flood | 12 September 2025 |
| Steve Holliday | 12 September 2025 |
| Mark Nicholas Morris | 24 September 2025 |
| Fraser James Pearce | 1 August 2026 |
Every current officer, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
What did CityFibre file?
CityFibre Infrastructure Holdings Limited reported turnover of £170m in the year to December 2025. That was up 26.7% on £134m the year before.
It reported 1,473 employees. The year before it reported 1,594.
It filed a pre-tax loss of £545m for the year, against a pre-tax loss of £360m the year before.
Staff costs came to £137m. That is an average of £93,000 a head. It ended the year with £139m at the bank and net assets of £1,046m.
| Measure | Dec 2025 | Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £170m | £134m |
| Pre-tax profit | -£545m (filed) | -£360m (filed) |
| Employees | 1,473 | 1,594 |
| Staff costs | £137m | £142m |
| Average staff cost per head | £93,000 | £89,000 |
| Bank and cash | £139m | £85m |
| Net assets | £1,046m | £538m |
| Interest paid | £393m | |
| Interest received | £55m | |
| Directors' pay | £8m |
Read the accounts to December 2025 (PDF, Companies House) · every accounts filing
What do these figures mean? Turnover vs profit · Profit per £100 · Cash vs profit · Net assets · Group accounts
Are there any charges against CityFibre?
CityFibre Infrastructure Holdings Limited has registered 12 charges at Companies House, of which 2 are still outstanding. A charge is security a lender takes over a company's assets; one is satisfied when the lending behind it is repaid or released.
Both outstanding charges
| Charge holder | Created |
|---|---|
| Lloyds Bank PLC (And Its Successors in Title and Permitted Transferees) | 15 September 2025 |
| Lloyds Bank PLC, New Uberior House, 11 Earl Grey Street, Edinburgh, EH3 9BN as Security Agent (As Trustee for Each of the Secured Creditors) | 6 June 2022 |
Each charge, with its holder and dates, is on the Companies House register.
How CityFibre compares
Of the 10 broadband and mobile, CityFibre is 8th on turnover, 10th on profit margin and 2nd on growth. EE keeps the most of every £100 of sales: £26.80.
| Rank | Broadband and mobile | Turnover | Profit per £100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | BT | £19,654m | £10.60 |
| 8th | CityFibre | £170m | −£321.63 |
| + 8 more broadband and mobile ranked |
Ranked by turnover. Profit per £100 is pre-tax profit for every £100 of turnover, shown only where the profit is filed.
CityFibre files as CityFibre Infrastructure Holdings Limited, whose person with significant control is Cityfibre Holdco Limited, with turnover of £170m in its latest filed year.
Questions about CityFibre
What does CityFibre do?
CityFibre builds and runs full-fibre broadband networks in towns and cities across the UK, selling access on a wholesale basis to broadband providers rather than to households directly. It makes money from the fees internet providers pay to use its network to serve their own customers, as well as from connections for businesses and public sector sites. It positions itself as an alternative national network to Openreach. It was founded in 2011 and is privately owned by infrastructure investors.
How does CityFibre compare with its rivals?
By turnover, CityFibre is 8th of the 10 companies in our battle of broadband and mobile, behind BT. The battle ranks them on turnover, pre-tax profit, margin, growth and net assets. The battle of broadband and mobile →
Who owns CityFibre?
The Companies House register records Cityfibre Holdco Limited as the person with significant control of CityFibre Infrastructure Holdings Limited.
How much does CityFibre make?
CityFibre Infrastructure Holdings Limited reported turnover of £170m in the year to December 2025. It filed a pre-tax loss of £545m.
How many people work at CityFibre?
CityFibre Infrastructure Holdings Limited reported 1,473 employees in the year to December 2025.
Who runs CityFibre?
The Companies House register lists 7 current officers for CityFibre Infrastructure Holdings Limited. The full list, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
- Figures come from CityFibre Infrastructure Holdings Limited's filings at Companies House, company number 08772997, for the period shown at the top of the page.
- These are group accounts: they include the companies it owns.
- Pre-tax profit is the figure the company filed, for both years.
- A figure the filing does not disclose is shown as n/d. A zero in the filing is treated as not disclosed, never as nil.
- Rounding: below £0.1m in thousands, from £0.1m to £2m to one decimal place, from £2m to the nearest million.
- Ownership is shown in the control bands the register of people with significant control uses, not as exact shareholdings.
- Officers' names and appointment dates come from the Companies House register. Job titles come from the company's own website. The description of what the company does comes from its website, or is marked Spark Intel editorial where it is written from stable, checked facts, with the date either way.
Spark Intel, “CityFibre: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show”, updated 9 November 2026. https://www.spark-intel.co.uk/companies/cityfibre/. Figures from Companies House filings for CITYFIBRE INFRASTRUCTURE HOLDINGS LIMITED (08772997).
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