Spe Ventures Limited
Registered name: SPE VENTURES LIMITED
Part of Society Of Petroleum Engineers Inc. groupSpe Ventures Limited made £0 revenue and a £105k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2024.
Spe Ventures Limited’s revenue fell 100% to £0 in the year to 31 Mar 2024, with a loss of £105k and 0 employees. The company is classified under “other professional, scientific and technical activities” and is based in Westminster; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Westminster, London
- Age
- 36 yrs · since 1990
- 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 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.8m | £0 |
| Cost of sales | £1.7m | £56.3k |
| Gross profit | £68k | −£56.3k |
| Operating profit | −£198k | −£105k |
| Profit before tax | −£198k | −£105k |
| Profit after tax | −£198k | −£105k |
| Profit (best available) | −£198k | −£105k |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −11.2% | — |
| Gross margin | 3.8% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼100% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £398k | £16.9k |
| Net assets | −£2m | −£2.1m |
| Fixed assets | £0 | £0 |
| Current assets | £679k | £27.3k |
| Debtors | £199k | £0 |
| Deferred income | £73.1k | £17.1k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- 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 −£2.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼96%
- Now £16.9k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- ▼77%
- Now £17.1k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £0
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Society Of Petroleum Engineers Inc. (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Spe Ventures Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
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 2024 (profit −£105k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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