Running Deep Limited
Registered name: RUNNING DEEP LIMITED
Part of Emih Limited groupRunning Deep Limited made £11m revenue and £2.1m profit in the year to 31 Jan 2025.
Running Deep Limited’s revenue grew 7% to £11m in the year to 31 Jan 2025, with £2.1m profit and 139 employees. The company is classified under “other letting and operating of own or leased real estate” and is based in East Yorkshire; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- East Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 28 yrs · since 1998
- 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 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10.3m | £11m |
| Cost of sales | £1.2m | £1.3m |
| Gross profit | £9.1m | £9.7m |
| Operating profit | £2.1m | £1.9m |
| Profit before tax | £2.4m | £2.2m |
| Profit after tax | £2.4m | £2.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.4m | £2.1m |
| Staff costs | £3.6m | £4m |
| Employees (average) | 137 | 139 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 22.9% | 19.2% |
| Gross margin | 88.1% | 88.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £75.3k | £79.4k |
| Profit per employee | £17.2k | £15.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼10.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £2m | £2.2m |
| Net assets | £1.7m | £1.4m |
| Fixed assets | £22.8k | £57.7k |
| Current assets | £6.4m | £6.4m |
| Debtors | £82.3k | £95.9k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 19.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 88.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £79.4k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £15.2k
- 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
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.9%
- 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
- ▼18%
- Now £1.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲14%
- Now £2.2m
- Headcount
- ▲1%
- Now 139
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲153%
- Now £57.7k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Emih Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Running Deep Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Deep Developments 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 Jan 2025 (profit £2.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 12 Oct 2026
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