The Change Organisation Limited
Registered name: THE CHANGE ORGANISATION LIMITED
The Change Organisation Limited made £64.8m revenue and £848k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2024.
The Change Organisation Limited’s revenue fell 13% to £64.8m in the year to 31 Mar 2024, with £848k profit and 70 employees. The company is classified under “other information technology service activities” and is based in Canterbury; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Canterbury, South East
- Age
- 32 yrs · since 1993
- 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 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £74.5m | £64.8m |
| Cost of sales | £66.7m | £57.5m |
| Gross profit | £7.8m | £7.2m |
| Operating profit | £1.4m | £1.2m |
| Profit before tax | £1.3m | £1.1m |
| Profit after tax | £1.1m | £848k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.1m | £848k |
| Staff costs | £4.7m | £4.2m |
| Employees (average) | 72 | 70 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 1.4% | 1.3% |
| Gross margin | 10.5% | 11.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £1m | £925k |
| Profit per employee | £14.8k | £12.1k |
| Cash conversion | −14.3% | 15.2% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼13.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼20.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼2.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £113k | £108k |
| Net assets | £4.7m | £5.5m |
| Fixed assets | £223k | £205k |
| Current assets | £14.8m | £14.3m |
| Debtors | £8.9m | £7.5m |
| Deferred income | £3.8m | £4.4m |
| Cash from operations | −£196k | £188k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 11.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £925k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £12.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 15.2%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 6.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11.6%
- 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
- ▲18%
- Now £5.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼4%
- Now £108k
- Headcount
- ▼3%
- Now 70
- Deferred income
- ▲16%
- Now £4.4m
- Fixed assets
- ▼8%
- Now £205k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2024 (profit £848k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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