Alfasigma UK Limited
Registered name: ALFASIGMA UK LIMITED
Alfasigma UK Limited made £20.5m revenue and £2.2m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2023.
Alfasigma UK Limited’s revenue fell 16% to £20.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2023, with £2.2m profit and 56 employees. The company is classified under “other professional, scientific and technical activities” and is based in Cambridge; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cambridge, East of England
- Age
- 29 yrs · since 1997
- Type
- Private Limited Company
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. From the filing: “Alfasigma S.p.A.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £24.4m | £20.5m |
| Cost of sales | £1.2m | £2.2m |
| Gross profit | £23.2m | £18.3m |
| Operating profit | £388k | £530k |
| Profit before tax | £388k | £2.9m |
| Profit after tax | −£1.2k | £2.2m |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.2k | £2.2m |
| Staff costs | £10.2m | £7.9m |
| Employees (average) | 75 | 56 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 0% | 10.7% |
| Gross margin | 95.1% | 89.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £325k | £366k |
| Profit per employee | −£15 | £39.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼16.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼25.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | £11.9m | £4.7m |
| Fixed assets | £5.2m | £114k |
| Current assets | £10.5m | £7.4m |
| Debtors | £70.1k | £448k |
| Deferred income | £2.6m | £1.7m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 10.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 89.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £366k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £39.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 8.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.2%
- 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
- ▼60%
- Now £4.7m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼25%
- Now 56
- Deferred income
- ▼34%
- Now £1.7m
- Fixed assets
- ▼98%
- Now £114k
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 accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2023 (profit £2.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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