Caspian Networks Limited
Registered name: CASPIAN NETWORKS LIMITED
Caspian Networks Limited made £65m revenue and a £188k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Caspian Networks Limited’s revenue grew 1% to £65m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £188k and 1,410 employees. The company is classified under “take-away food shops and mobile food stands” and is based in Bristol; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bristol, South West
- Age
- 29 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 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £60m | £58.2m | £64.5m | £65m |
| Cost of sales | £20.5m | £21.1m | £23m | £22m |
| Gross profit | £39.5m | £37m | £41.5m | £43m |
| Operating profit | £3.9m | −£830k | £275k | −£615k |
| Profit before tax | £3.8m | −£856k | £250k | −£549k |
| Profit after tax | £2.8m | −£612k | £60.5k | −£188k |
| Profit (best available) | £2.8m | −£612k | £60.5k | −£188k |
| Staff costs | £16.4m | £17m | £18.6m | £20.6m |
| Employees (average) | 1,310 | 1,447 | 1,445 | 1,410 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4.7% | −1.1% | 0.1% | −0.3% |
| Gross margin | 65.8% | 63.6% | 64.3% | 66.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £45.8k | £40.2k | £44.6k | £46.1k |
| Profit per employee | £2.2k | −£423 | £42 | −£133 |
| Cash conversion | −131.6% | — | −584.3% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼3% | ▲10.9% | ▲0.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼121.6% | — | ▼411.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲10.5% | ▼0.1% | ▼2.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £8.1m | £7.7m | £7.8m | £6.3m |
| Net assets | £10m | £9.2m | £9.2m | £8.8m |
| Fixed assets | £8.1m | £7.5m | £6.5m | £6.7m |
| Current assets | £9.2m | £8.9m | £9.3m | £7.9m |
| Debtors | £994 | £372 | £7k | £42.4k |
| Cash from operations | −£5.1m | −£1.4m | −£1.6m | −£553k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 66.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £46.1k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£133
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 10.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- 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
- ▼4%
- Now £8.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▼19%
- Now £6.3m
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 1,410
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲2%
- Now £6.7m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit −£188k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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