Vanti Ltd
Registered name: VANTI LTD
Part of Built Cybernetics PLC groupVanti Ltd made £5.7m revenue and a £627k loss in the year to 30 Sep 2023.
Vanti Ltd’s revenue was £5.7m in the year to 30 Sep 2023, with a loss of £627k and 33 employees. The company is classified under “other specialised construction activities” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 66 yrs · since 1960
- 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 | 29 Jun 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £4.3m | £5.7m |
| Cost of sales | £2.4m | £2.8m |
| Gross profit | £1.9m | £2.9m |
| Operating profit | −£190k | −£616k |
| Profit after tax | −£194k | −£627k |
| Profit (best available) | −£194k | −£627k |
| Staff costs | £1.6m | £2.1m |
| Employees (average) | 35 | 33 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −4.5% | −10.9% |
| Gross margin | 44.1% | 50.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £123k | £174k |
| Profit per employee | −£5.6k | −£19k |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £1.4m | £166k |
| Net assets | £850k | — |
| Current assets | £2.6m | £1.9m |
| Debtors | £481k | £457k |
| Deferred income | £321k | £506k |
| Cash from operations | −£752k | £1.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −10.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 50.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £174k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£19k
- 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
- 8.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 8%
- 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 £166k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 33
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £506k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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
- Built Cybernetics PLCultimate parent75–100%
- Torpedo Factory Group Limited75–100%
- Vanti Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Orion Audio Visual LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Pinnerton Video Systems LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (2)
- TFG Stage Technology LtdRev. £5.1m · Profit £520k
- Foresight Audio Visual LimitedFigures 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 Sep 2023 (profit −£627k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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