Zha Architects Limited
Registered name: ZHA ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Part of Studio 9 Employee Trustee Limited groupZha Architects Limited made £83.1m revenue and £1.5m profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
Zha Architects Limited’s revenue grew 8% to £83.1m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £1.5m profit and 503 employees. The company is classified under “architectural activities” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 27 yrs · since 1999
- 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 | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £69.4m | £77.3m | £83.1m |
| Cost of sales | — | −£50.4m | −£56.1m | −£63m |
| Gross profit | — | £19m | £21.2m | £20.1m |
| Operating profit | — | — | −£371k | −£1.2m |
| Profit before tax | — | £658k | £907k | £342k |
| Profit after tax | £2.9m | £56.3k | £636k | £1.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.9m | £56.3k | £636k | £1.5m |
| Employees (average) | 520 | 507 | 502 | 503 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 0.1% | 0.8% | 1.8% |
| Gross margin | — | 27.4% | 27.4% | 24.2% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £137k | £154k | £165k |
| Profit per employee | £5.5k | £111 | £1.3k | £3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲11.3% | ▲7.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼98% | ▲1030% | ▲138.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼2.5% | ▼1% | ▲0.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £31.8m | £33m | — | — |
| Net assets | £38.6m | £38.7m | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £5.4m | £5.2m | — | — |
| Current assets | £67.7m | £71m | — | — |
| Debtors | £21.9m | £18.9m | — | — |
| Deferred income | £9.9m | £9.5m | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 24.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £165k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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 —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲0%
- Now 503
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Studio 9 Employee Trustee Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Zha Architects Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (3)
- Crjurm 2026 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Zha (PR) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Zha (Project Management) LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £1.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 25 Oct 2026
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