Seiche Limited
Registered name: SEICHE LIMITED
Part of Seiche Water Technology Group Ltd groupSeiche Limited made £9.8m revenue and £101k profit in the year to 31 May 2025. read from filing text
Seiche Limited’s revenue grew 41% to £9.8m in the year to 31 May 2025, with £101k profit and 79 employees. The company is classified under “other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering” and is based in Holsworthy; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Holsworthy, South West
- Age
- 28 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 May 2022 | 31 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 | 31 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £5.8m | £6.9m | £9.8m |
| Cost of sales | — | £2.5m | £2.9m | £4.7m |
| Gross profit | — | £3.3m | £4m | £5.1m |
| Operating profit | — | £388k | £689k | £408k |
| Profit before tax | — | £467k | £836k | £389k |
| Profit after tax | £339k | £431k | £660k | £101k |
| Profit (best available) | £339k | £431k | £660k | £101k |
| Staff costs | — | £2.8m | £2.8m | £4.1m |
| Employees (average) | 48 | 53 | 63 | 79 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 7.5% | 9.6% | 1% |
| Gross margin | — | 56.8% | 57.8% | 52.1% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £109k | £110k | £123k |
| Profit per employee | £7.1k | £8.1k | £10.5k | £1.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲19.9% | ▲41.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲27.1% | ▲53.3% | ▼84.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲10.4% | ▲18.9% | ▲25.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £279k | £737k | £1.3m | £281k |
| Net assets | £4m | £4.3m | £4.4m | £4.3m |
| Fixed assets | £1.1m | £1.2m | £1.6m | £2.5m |
| Current assets | £3.4m | £5.8m | £4m | £4.8m |
| Debtors | £982k | £1.6m | £1.6m | £3.8m |
| Deferred income | £0 | £303k | £307k | £912k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 52.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £123k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 25.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 9.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 39.3%
- 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
- ▼2%
- Now £4.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼78%
- Now £281k
- Headcount
- ▲25%
- Now 79
- Deferred income
- ▲197%
- Now £912k
- Fixed assets
- ▲58%
- Now £2.5m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Seiche Water Technology Group Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Seiche Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Seiche Measurements LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (5)
- Ashridge Engineering LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Autonaut LimitedRev. — · Profit £599k
- Seiche Environmental LtdFigures not disclosed
- Seiche Operations LtdFigures not disclosed
- Seiche Training LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 May 2025 (profit £101k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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