Technicon Design Limited
Registered name: TECHNICON DESIGN LIMITED
Technicon Design Limited made £1.8m revenue and a £393k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Technicon Design Limited’s revenue grew 37% to £1.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £393k and 15 employees. The company is classified under “specialised design activities” and is based in Luton; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Luton, East of England
- Age
- 48 yrs · since 1978
- 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. From the filing: “Segula Tecnologías España SA”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.3m | £1.8m |
| Cost of sales | £165k | £719k |
| Gross profit | £1.1m | £1.1m |
| Operating profit | £238k | −£138k |
| Profit before tax | £100k | −£391k |
| Profit after tax | £464k | −£393k |
| Profit (best available) | £464k | −£393k |
| Staff costs | £611k | £672k |
| Employees (average) | 17 | 15 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 35.7% | −22.1% |
| Gross margin | 87.3% | 59.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £76.5k | £119k |
| Profit per employee | £27.3k | −£26.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲36.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼184.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼11.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £125k | £37.2k |
| Net assets | £257k | −£136k |
| Fixed assets | £1.7m | £1.5m |
| Current assets | £240k | £345k |
| Debtors | £17k | £112k |
| Deferred income | £69.5k | £101k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −22.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 59.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £119k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£26.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 83.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 5.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 6.3%
- 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
- ▼153%
- Now −£136k
- Cash at bank
- ▼70%
- Now £37.2k
- Headcount
- ▼12%
- Now 15
- Deferred income
- ▲45%
- Now £101k
- Fixed assets
- ▼13%
- Now £1.5m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit −£393k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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