Hyperchem Limited
Registered name: HYPERCHEM LIMITED
Part of Avas Holdings Limited groupHyperchem Limited made £8.6m revenue and £94.3k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Hyperchem Limited’s revenue was £8.6m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £94.3k profit and 49 employees. The company is classified under “dispensing chemist in specialised stores” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 42 yrs · since 1984
- 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 | 30 Sep 2022 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £7.3m | £12.6m | £8.6m |
| Cost of sales | £5.1m | £8.6m | £5.9m |
| Gross profit | £2.2m | £4m | £2.7m |
| Operating profit | −£98.6k | £471k | £154k |
| Profit before tax | −£94k | £468k | £132k |
| Profit after tax | −£91.4k | £341k | £94.3k |
| Profit (best available) | −£91.4k | £341k | £94.3k |
| Staff costs | £1.2m | £2m | £1.3m |
| Employees (average) | 56 | 53 | 49 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −1.3% | 2.7% | 1.1% |
| Gross margin | 29.7% | 31.4% | 31.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £130k | £238k | £175k |
| Profit per employee | −£1.6k | £6.4k | £1.9k |
| Cash conversion | — | −53% | −41.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £196k | £216k | £175k |
| Net assets | £2.5m | £2.6m | £2.2m |
| Fixed assets | £577k | £462k | £899k |
| Current assets | £3m | £3.5m | £3.5m |
| Debtors | £28.1k | £10.3k | £10.3k |
| Cash from operations | −£460k | −£250k | −£64.2k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 31.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £175k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −41.8%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 10.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- 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
- —
- Now £2.2m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £175k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 49
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £899k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Avas Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Hyperchem Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Sava Property LimitedRev. £637k · Profit £310k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £94.3k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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