Strax (U.K.) Limited
Registered name: STRAX (U.K.) LIMITED
Strax (U.K.) Limited made £2.8m revenue and £1.8m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2022. read from filing text
Strax (U.K.) Limited’s revenue fell 30% to £2.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2022, with £1.8m profit and 6 employees. The company is classified under “wireless telecommunications activities” and is based in Exeter; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Liquidation
- Location
- Exeter, South West
- Age
- 27 yrs · since 1999
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £4m | £2.8m |
| Cost of sales | £3.6m | £2.2m |
| Gross profit | £429k | £670k |
| Operating profit | −£513k | £2.1m |
| Profit before tax | −£517k | £2m |
| Profit after tax | −£517k | £1.8m |
| Profit (best available) | −£517k | £1.8m |
| Employees (average) | 9 | 6 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −12.8% | 65.1% |
| Gross margin | 10.6% | 23.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £450k | £473k |
| Profit per employee | −£57.4k | £308k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼29.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼33.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £240k | £139k |
| Net assets | −£481k | £1.4m |
| Fixed assets | £27.4k | £14.5k |
| Current assets | £13.9m | £29.4m |
| Debtors | £326k | £152k |
| Deferred income | £216k | £79.2k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 65.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 23.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £473k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £308k
- 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
- 2.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 5.4%
- 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 £1.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼42%
- Now £139k
- Headcount
- ▼33%
- Now 6
- Deferred income
- ▼63%
- Now £79.2k
- Fixed assets
- ▼47%
- Now £14.5k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2022 (profit £1.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2023. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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