Saferworld
Registered name: SAFERWORLD
Saferworld made £18.4m revenue and a £2.3m loss in the year to 31 Mar 2024.
Saferworld’s revenue fell 18% to £18.4m in the year to 31 Mar 2024, with a loss of £2.3m and 239 employees. The company is classified under “other publishing activities” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 31 yrs · since 1995
- Type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Non-profit. It is limited by guarantee (typically an association, club or management company), so it isn't run for profit. 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 | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £14.1m | £22.4m | £18.4m |
| Cost of sales | £0 | £0 | — |
| Gross profit | £14.1m | £22.4m | — |
| Operating profit | −£772k | £3.6m | −£2.3m |
| Profit before tax | −£772k | £3.6m | −£2.3m |
| Profit after tax | −£772k | £3.6m | −£2.3m |
| Profit (best available) | −£772k | £3.6m | −£2.3m |
| Employees (average) | 146 | 209 | 239 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −5.5% | 15.9% | −12.3% |
| Gross margin | 100% | 100% | — |
| Revenue per employee | £96.3k | £107k | £77k |
| Profit per employee | −£5.3k | £17k | −£9.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲59.6% | ▼18% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼163.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲43.1% | ▲14.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £3.6m | £5.8m | — |
| Net assets | £3.5m | £7m | — |
| Fixed assets | £0 | £0 | — |
| Current assets | £6.8m | £8m | — |
| Debtors | £1.6m | £1.4m | — |
| Deferred income | £2.7m | £419k | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −12.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £77k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£9.5k
- 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
- ▲14%
- Now 239
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2024 (profit −£2.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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