Scout Services Limited
Registered name: SCOUT SERVICES LIMITED
Scout Services Limited made £1.3m revenue and £1m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2026.
Scout Services Limited’s revenue grew 4% to £1.3m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with £1m profit. The company is classified under “other service activities” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 41 yrs · since 1985
- 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 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.1m | £1.3m | £1.3m |
| Cost of sales | −£286k | −£319k | −£254k |
| Gross profit | £803k | £946k | £1.1m |
| Operating profit | £843k | £941k | £1m |
| Profit before tax | £843k | £941k | £1m |
| Profit after tax | £843k | £941k | — |
| Profit (best available) | £843k | £941k | £1m |
| Employees (average) | — | — | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 77.4% | 74.4% | 78.5% |
| Gross margin | 73.7% | 74.8% | 80.7% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲16.2% | ▲3.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲11.6% | ▲9.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 78.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 80.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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 —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2026 (profit £1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 14 Oct 2026
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