Opera Holdings Limited
Registered name: OPERA HOLDINGS LIMITED
Opera Holdings Limited made £14m revenue and £299k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2024. read from filing text
Opera Holdings Limited’s revenue fell 14% to £14m in the year to 30 Sep 2024, with £299k profit and 47 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in Brighton; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Liquidation
- Location
- Brighton, South East
- Age
- 34 yrs · since 1992
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £16.2m | £14m |
| Cost of sales | — | £12.8m | £10.9m |
| Gross profit | — | £3.5m | £3.1m |
| Operating profit | — | £971k | £578k |
| Profit before tax | — | £922k | £503k |
| Profit after tax | £762k | £725k | £299k |
| Profit (best available) | £762k | £725k | £299k |
| Employees (average) | 416 | 414 | 47 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | 4.5% | 2.1% |
| Gross margin | — | 21.5% | 21.8% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £39.2k | £298k |
| Profit per employee | £1.8k | £1.8k | £6.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼13.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼4.8% | ▼58.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼0.5% | ▼88.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £3.2k | £5k | £4.1k |
| Net assets | £331k | £503k | −£1.1m |
| Fixed assets | £5m | £5.7m | £4.1m |
| Current assets | £433k | £987k | £311k |
| Debtors | £135 | £90 | £0 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 21.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £298k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 29.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- ▼315%
- Now −£1.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼19%
- Now £4.1k
- Headcount
- ▼89%
- Now 47
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼27%
- Now £4.1m
Group structure
Subsidiaries (5)
- Richmond Nursing Agency LimitedLiquidationRev. £9.1m · Profit £977k
- Prohealthcare LimitedLiquidationRev. £2.6m · Profit £273k
- Total Staff Services UK LimitedLiquidationRev. £1.8m · Profit £31.5k
- Freight Personnel LimitedLiquidationRev. £362k · Profit £10.1k
- Richmond Support Services LimitedLiquidationRev. £18.8k · Profit £774
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2024 (profit £299k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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