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Company No. 03400161 · Incorporated 8 Jul 1997

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.

Full P&L filedSection M · Professional, scientific and technical activitiesSIC 74909Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
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.”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2023

Key figures

Capital-light
Revenue
£20.5m
Growth ▼16.1%
Profit
£2.2m
Growth —
Profit margin
10.7%
Gross 89.3%
Employees
56
Change ▼25.3%
Profit / employee
£39.3k
Revenue/employee £366k
Profitable streak
1yr
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

2 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Dec 202231 Dec 2023
DisclosureFull P&LFull 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)7556
Ratios
Profit margin0%10.7%
Gross margin95.1%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
SourceAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024Accounts · bulk data Jul 2024
Derived from the latest filing

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.
Indirect — not revenue

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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