Eaglecliff Limited
Registered name: EAGLECLIFF LIMITED
Eaglecliff Limited made £55.4m revenue and £927k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Eaglecliff Limited’s revenue fell 55% to £55.4m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £927k profit and 154 employees. The company is classified under “other activities of employment placement agencies” and is based in Kent; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Kent, South East
- Age
- 41 yrs · since 1985
- 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.
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&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £109m | £155m | £124m | £55.4m |
| Cost of sales | £104m | £149m | £119m | £52.8m |
| Gross profit | £5.2m | £6m | £4.4m | £2.6m |
| Operating profit | £2.8m | £2.5m | £501k | £1.1m |
| Profit before tax | £2.8m | £2.5m | £582k | £1.3m |
| Profit after tax | £2.3m | £2m | £481k | £927k |
| Profit (best available) | £2.3m | £2m | £481k | £927k |
| Staff costs | £1.7m | £2.2m | £2.7m | £846k |
| Employees (average) | 156 | 187 | 248 | 154 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.1% | 1.3% | 0.4% | 1.7% |
| Gross margin | 4.8% | 3.9% | 3.6% | 4.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £700k | £830k | £498k | £360k |
| Profit per employee | £14.5k | £10.7k | £1.9k | £6k |
| Cash conversion | −31.4% | −140.9% | −183.4% | −489.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲42.1% | ▼20.3% | ▼55.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼11.1% | ▼76% | ▲92.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲19.9% | ▲32.6% | ▼37.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £4.5m | £5.1m | £5.5m | £10.9m |
| Net assets | £8.1m | £9.9m | £10.8m | £11.5m |
| Fixed assets | £1.3m | £1.4m | £1.3m | £1.3m |
| Current assets | £26.6m | £24.5m | £19.3m | £16m |
| Debtors | £19.2m | £15.6m | £11.9m | £4.2m |
| Deferred income | £13.1m | £10.3m | £6.3m | £3.2m |
| Cash from operations | −£877k | −£3.5m | −£918k | −£5.4m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 4.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £360k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −489.5%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 5.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7.6%
- 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
- ▲6%
- Now £11.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲97%
- Now £10.9m
- Headcount
- ▼38%
- Now 154
- Deferred income
- ▼49%
- Now £3.2m
- Fixed assets
- ▼0%
- Now £1.3m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Minority corporate shareholders
- Eaglecliff Group Limited 25–50%
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 £927k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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