Making a Difference Limited
Registered name: MAKING A DIFFERENCE LIMITED
Making a Difference Limited made £195k revenue and £96k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2023.
Making a Difference Limited’s revenue grew 43% to £195k in the year to 31 Mar 2023, with £96k profit and 9 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Derby; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active - Proposal to Strike off
- Location
- Derby, East Midlands
- Age
- 27 yrs · since 1998
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £137k | £195k |
| Cost of sales | £38.2k | £52.3k |
| Gross profit | £98.4k | £142k |
| Operating profit | £81.7k | £122k |
| Profit before tax | £81.7k | £122k |
| Profit after tax | £65.4k | £96k |
| Profit (best available) | £65.4k | £96k |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 9 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 47.9% | 49.4% |
| Gross margin | 72% | 73.1% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £21.6k |
| Profit per employee | — | £10.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲42.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲46.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | — | £78.5k |
| Net assets | −£23.8k | £647k |
| Fixed assets | £112k | £135k |
| Current assets | £519k | £595k |
| Debtors | — | £35.7k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 49.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 73.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £21.6k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £10.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 69.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 18.3%
- 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
- —
- Now £647k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £78.5k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 9
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲20%
- Now £135k
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2023 (profit £96k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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