Quartztec Europe Limited
Registered name: QUARTZTEC EUROPE LIMITED
Part of Quartztec Holdings Limited groupQuartztec Europe Limited made £9m revenue and £727k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2023.
Quartztec Europe Limited’s revenue was £9m in the year to 31 Dec 2023, with £727k profit and 60 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture and processing of other glass, including technical glassware” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 64 yrs · since 1962
- 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. From the filing: “Quartztec Holdings Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Dec 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10.1m | £9m |
| Cost of sales | £6.7m | £6.2m |
| Gross profit | £3.4m | £2.8m |
| Operating profit | £1.5m | £1m |
| Profit before tax | £1.4m | £991k |
| Profit after tax | £1.2m | £727k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.2m | £727k |
| Staff costs | £2m | £1.8m |
| Employees (average) | 51 | 60 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 12.1% | 8.1% |
| Gross margin | 33.9% | 31.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £199k | £150k |
| Profit per employee | £24k | £12.1k |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £435k | £53.1k |
| Net assets | £4m | £4.6m |
| Fixed assets | £1.1m | £1.6m |
| Current assets | £5.7m | £5.1m |
| Debtors | £2.2m | £1.7m |
| Deferred income | £38.5k | £114k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 31.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £150k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £12.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 18.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 18.4%
- 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 £4.6m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £53.1k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 60
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £114k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £1.6m
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
- Quartztec Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Quartztec Europe Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2023 (profit £727k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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