Scarab Holdings Limited
Registered name: SCARAB HOLDINGS LIMITED
Scarab Holdings Limited made £40.6m revenue and a £328k loss in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Scarab Holdings Limited’s revenue fell 6% to £40.6m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with a loss of £328k and 230 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in Tonbridge; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Tonbridge, South East
- Age
- 39 yrs · since 1987
- 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 | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £30.3m | £33.7m | £43m | £40.6m |
| Cost of sales | £25.8m | £28.7m | −£35.2m | −£32.6m |
| Gross profit | £4.5m | £5.8m | £7.8m | £8m |
| Operating profit | −£70.1k | £7.8k | £1.5m | −£192k |
| Profit before tax | −£74.4k | −£97.4k | £1.3m | −£322k |
| Profit after tax | −£44.1k | −£98.7k | £944k | −£328k |
| Profit (best available) | −£44.1k | −£98.7k | £944k | −£328k |
| Staff costs | £0 | £0 | — | — |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 | 232 | 230 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −0.1% | −0.3% | 2.2% | −0.8% |
| Gross margin | 14.9% | 17.2% | 18.1% | 19.6% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £185k | £177k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £4.1k | −£1.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲10.9% | ▲27.7% | ▼5.5% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼134.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | — | ▼0.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £353k | £542k | — | — |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £1.3m | £1.1m | — | — |
| Debtors | £0 | £0 | — | — |
| Deferred income | £0 | £0 | — | — |
| Cash from operations | £810k | — | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 19.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £177k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£1.4k
- 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
- ▼1%
- Now 230
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (2)
- Scarab Sweepers LimitedRev. £33.7m · Profit −£98.7k
- R.J.P. Engineering LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit −£328k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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