Mirage Inks Limited
Registered name: MIRAGE INKS LIMITED
Mirage Inks Limited made £7.6m revenue and £305k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Mirage Inks Limited’s revenue was £7.6m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £305k profit and 30 employees. The company is classified under “other manufacturing” and is based in Frome; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Frome, South West
- Age
- 42 yrs · since 1983
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £7.2m | £8.2m | £7.6m | £7.6m |
| Cost of sales | £5.8m | £7m | £6.1m | £5.7m |
| Gross profit | £1.4m | £1.2m | £1.5m | £1.8m |
| Operating profit | £68.9k | −£162k | £5.1k | £451k |
| Profit before tax | £19.4k | −£214k | −£53.3k | £405k |
| Profit after tax | £73.2k | −£182k | −£53.1k | £305k |
| Profit (best available) | £73.2k | −£182k | −£53.1k | £305k |
| Employees (average) | 35 | 39 | 33 | 30 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1% | −2.2% | −0.7% | 4% |
| Gross margin | 19.3% | 15.2% | 19.9% | 24.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £205k | £211k | £229k | £252k |
| Profit per employee | £2.1k | −£4.7k | −£1.6k | £10.2k |
| Cash conversion | −556.9% | — | −8638% | −92.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲14.5% | ▼8% | ▲0.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼348.2% | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲11.4% | ▼15.4% | ▼9.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £88.8k | £20.1k | £13k | £56.8k |
| Net assets | £3m | £2.8m | £2.7m | £3m |
| Fixed assets | £4.1m | £4.1m | £3.9m | £3.8m |
| Current assets | £3.2m | £3.3m | £2.8m | £2.8m |
| Debtors | £1.4m | £1.7m | £1.5m | £1.5m |
| Cash from operations | −£384k | £141k | −£439k | −£419k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 24.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £252k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £10.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −92.9%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 49.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 20.1%
- 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 £3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲336%
- Now £56.8k
- Headcount
- ▼9%
- Now 30
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼3%
- Now £3.8m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £305k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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