Maidmetal Limited
Registered name: MAIDMETAL LIMITED
Part of Syco Topco Limited groupMaidmetal Limited made £3.9m revenue and a £1.3m loss in the year to 30 Sep 2024.
Maidmetal Limited’s revenue was £3.9m in the year to 30 Sep 2024, with a loss of £1.3m. The company is classified under “artistic creation” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 30 yrs · since 1996
- 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.
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 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 30 Sep 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £25m | £20.8m | £3.9m | £3.9m |
| Cost of sales | £1.8m | £1.3m | −£198k | −£198k |
| Gross profit | £23.2m | £19.5m | £3.7m | £3.7m |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | −£1.2m |
| Profit before tax | £10.3m | £229m | −£1.2m | −£1.2m |
| Profit after tax | £8.1m | £227m | −£1.3m | −£1.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £8.1m | £227m | −£1.3m | −£1.3m |
| Staff costs | £7.5m | £1.2m | — | — |
| Employees (average) | — | 5 | — | — |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 32.3% | 1092% | −33.4% | −33.4% |
| Gross margin | 92.9% | 94% | 94.9% | 94.9% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £4.2m | — | — |
| Profit per employee | — | £45.4m | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼16.8% | ▼81.2% | — |
| Profit growth | — | ▲2709% | ▼100.6% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £11m | £7.1m | — | — |
| Net assets | £14.3m | £168m | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £1 | £118m | — | — |
| Current assets | £24.4m | £58.6m | — | — |
| Debtors | £272k | £334k | — | — |
| Deferred income | £1.8m | £1.2m | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −33.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 94.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
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- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
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- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
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- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
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- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
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- 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
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- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Syco Topco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Syco Holdings Limited75–100%
- Syco Entertainment Limited75–100%
- Maidmetal Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Maidmetal Entertainment LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (4)
- Crystal Entertainment LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Over the Top Productions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Syco Touring LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Unit 2 Music LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Sep 2024 (profit −£1.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 19 Oct 2026
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