Staphyt Ltd
Registered name: STAPHYT LTD
Staphyt Ltd made £2.9m revenue and a £62.6k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2023. read from filing text
Staphyt Ltd’s revenue grew 1% to £2.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2023, with a loss of £62.6k and 17 employees. The company is classified under “other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering” and is based in Wetherby; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Wetherby, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 43 yrs · since 1983
- 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: “The ultimate parent company is AST S.A.S, a company incorporated in France. The registered office address is 23 Rue De Moeuvres, Inchy-en-Artois 62860 Marquion.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £2.9m | £2.9m |
| Cost of sales | — | £2.3m | £2.2m |
| Gross profit | — | £602k | £741k |
| Operating profit | — | −£582k | −£179k |
| Profit before tax | — | −£575k | −£160k |
| Profit after tax | — | −£438k | −£62.6k |
| Profit (best available) | — | −£438k | −£62.6k |
| Employees (average) | — | 25 | 17 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | −15.3% | −2.2% |
| Gross margin | — | 21% | 25.6% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £115k | £170k |
| Profit per employee | — | −£17.5k | −£3.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲1.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▼32% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £485k | £118k | £79.9k |
| Net assets | £1m | £590k | £528k |
| Fixed assets | £182k | £155k | £126k |
| Current assets | £6.4m | £5.5m | £3.8m |
| Debtors | £1.4m | £465k | £611k |
| Deferred income | £2.5m | £1.9m | £1.8m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −2.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 25.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £170k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£3.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 61.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 21.1%
- 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
- ▼11%
- Now £528k
- Cash at bank
- ▼32%
- Now £79.9k
- Headcount
- ▼32%
- Now 17
- Deferred income
- ▼5%
- Now £1.8m
- Fixed assets
- ▼19%
- Now £126k
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 2023 (profit −£62.6k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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