Millgate Limited
Registered name: MILLGATE LIMITED
Millgate Limited made £31.3m revenue and £356k profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025.
Millgate Limited’s revenue fell 11% to £31.3m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £356k profit and 85 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of computers, computer peripheral equipment and software” and is based in Sheffield; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Sheffield, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 30 yrs · since 1996
- 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 Jul 2022 | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £33.6m | £35.4m | £35m | £31.3m |
| Cost of sales | £28.6m | £30.2m | £30.1m | £26.7m |
| Gross profit | £5m | £5.3m | £4.9m | £4.6m |
| Operating profit | £35.6k | £692k | £615k | £457k |
| Profit before tax | −£20.7k | £482k | £523k | £471k |
| Profit after tax | −£27.6k | £183k | £296k | £356k |
| Profit (best available) | −£27.6k | £183k | £296k | £356k |
| Staff costs | £4.6m | £4.5m | £4.1m | £4m |
| Employees (average) | 103 | 93 | 88 | 85 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −0.1% | 0.5% | 0.9% | 1.1% |
| Gross margin | 14.8% | 14.9% | 14% | 14.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £326k | £381k | £398k | £369k |
| Profit per employee | −£268 | £2k | £3.4k | £4.2k |
| Cash conversion | −378.8% | 9.2% | −294% | −294.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲5.5% | ▼1.1% | ▼10.5% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲61.9% | ▲20.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼9.7% | ▼5.4% | ▼3.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £57.8k | £319k | £58.4k | £771k |
| Net assets | £1.1m | £1.3m | £1.6m | £2m |
| Fixed assets | £1.8m | £1.7m | £1.7m | £1.8m |
| Current assets | £7.2m | £7.6m | £5.9m | £6.1m |
| Debtors | £5.8m | £6m | £5m | £4.7m |
| Deferred income | £493k | £480k | £586k | £938k |
| Cash from operations | −£135k | £63.6k | −£1.8m | −£1.3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 14.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £369k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −294.9%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 5.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 15%
- 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
- ▲22%
- Now £2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲1220%
- Now £771k
- Headcount
- ▼3%
- Now 85
- Deferred income
- ▲60%
- Now £938k
- Fixed assets
- ▲6%
- Now £1.8m
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 Jul 2025 (profit £356k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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