Tempura Communications Ltd
Registered name: TEMPURA COMMUNICATIONS LTD
Part of Northamber PLC groupTempura Communications Ltd made £8.1m revenue and £384k profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Tempura Communications Ltd’s revenue fell 24% to £8.1m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £384k profit and 12 employees. The company is classified under “other information technology service activities” and is based in Chessington; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chessington, London
- Age
- 27 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. From the filing: “Northamber plc”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £14m | £10.6m | £8.1m |
| Cost of sales | — | £12.2m | £8.7m | £6.6m |
| Gross profit | — | £1.8m | £2m | £1.5m |
| Operating profit | — | £876k | £549k | — |
| Profit before tax | — | £755k | £418k | £357k |
| Profit after tax | — | £603k | £206k | £384k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £603k | £206k | £384k |
| Staff costs | — | £578k | £627k | £631k |
| Employees (average) | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 4.3% | 1.9% | 4.8% |
| Gross margin | — | 12.6% | 18.5% | 18.4% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £1.2m | £885k | £672k |
| Profit per employee | — | £50.2k | £17.2k | £32k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼24% | ▼24.1% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼65.8% | ▲86.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲9.1% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £414k | £467k | £348k | £1.1m |
| Net assets | £2.2m | £2.6m | £2.8m | £3.2m |
| Fixed assets | £385k | £479k | £432k | £377k |
| Current assets | £4m | £6.3m | £5m | £4.9m |
| Debtors | £1.4m | £2m | £988k | £816k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 18.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £672k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £32k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10.1%
- 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
- ▲14%
- Now £3.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲228%
- Now £1.1m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 12
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼13%
- Now £377k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Northamber PLCultimate parent75–100%
- Tempura Communications Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (6)
- Audio Visual Material LimitedRev. £4.9m · Profit £160k
- Nuc Distribution LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Solution Point LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Solution Technology Ltd.Figures not disclosed
- Tempura Technology LtdFigures not disclosed
- Thripple-Thrift 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 30 Jun 2025 (profit £384k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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