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Company No. 01823459 · Incorporated 11 Jun 1984

Scarab Sweepers Limited

Registered name: SCARAB SWEEPERS LIMITED

Part of Scarab Holdings Limited group

Scarab Sweepers Limited made £33.7m revenue and a £98.7k loss in the year to 30 Sep 2023. read from filing text

Scarab Sweepers Limited’s revenue grew 11% to £33.7m in the year to 30 Sep 2023, with a loss of £98.7k and 207 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of bodies (coachwork) for motor vehicles (except caravans)” and is based in Tonbridge; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.

Status
Active
Location
Tonbridge, South East
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. From the filing: “Scarab Holdings Limited, a company incorporated in England, owns the entire issued share capital of the company and is the immediate parent company.”

Latest accounts · year to 30 Sep 2023

Key figures

Capital-light
Revenue
£33.7m
Growth ▲10.9%
Profit
−£98.7k
Growth —
Profit margin
−0.3%
Gross 14.7%
Employees
207
Change ▲8.4%
Profit / employee
−£477
Revenue/employee £163k
Profitable streak
0yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

2 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to30 Sep 202230 Sep 2023
DisclosureFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£30.3m£33.7m
Cost of sales£25.8m£28.7m
Gross profit£4.5m£5m
Operating profit−£70.1k£7.8k
Profit before tax−£74.4k−£97.4k
Profit after tax−£44.1k−£98.7k
Profit (best available)−£44.1k−£98.7k
Employees (average)191207
Ratios
Profit margin−0.1%−0.3%
Gross margin14.9%14.7%
Revenue per employee£159k£163k
Profit per employee−£231−£477
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲10.9%
Headcount growth—▲8.4%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£353k£542k
Net assets£10.2m£10.1m
Fixed assets£1.4m£1.4m
Current assets£16.5m£20.8m
Debtors£3.9m£5.4m
Deferred income£9.6k£9.6k
Cash from operations£810k—
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
−0.3%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
14.7%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£163k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
−£477
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
4%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
0%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
16%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▼1%
Now £10.1m
Cash at bank
▲54%
Now £542k
Headcount
▲8%
Now 207
Deferred income
0%
Now £9.6k
Fixed assets
▼2%
Now £1.4m
Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Scarab Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Scarab Sweepers Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Sister companies (1)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2023 (profit −£98.7k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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