Whitespace Exhibitions Ltd
Registered name: WHITESPACE EXHIBITIONS LTD
Whitespace Exhibitions Ltd made £12.4m revenue and £680k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Whitespace Exhibitions Ltd’s revenue grew 15% to £12.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £680k profit and 69 employees. The company is classified under “printing” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 26 yrs · since 2000
- 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: “Creaplan Group BV”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10.6m | £10.8m | £12.4m |
| Cost of sales | £6.9m | £6.9m | £8.5m |
| Gross profit | £3.7m | £3.9m | £3.9m |
| Operating profit | £934k | £383k | £628k |
| Profit before tax | £911k | £382k | £680k |
| Profit after tax | £943k | £409k | £680k |
| Profit (best available) | £943k | £409k | £680k |
| Staff costs | £3.4m | £4.6m | £4.5m |
| Employees (average) | 65 | 63 | 69 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 8.9% | 3.8% | 5.5% |
| Gross margin | 34.8% | 36% | 31.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £164k | £171k | £180k |
| Profit per employee | £14.5k | £6.5k | £9.9k |
| Cash conversion | −130.6% | −302.1% | −185.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲1.5% | ▲15.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼56.6% | ▲66.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼3.1% | ▲9.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1.2m | £1.4m | £850k |
| Net assets | £467k | £876k | £309k |
| Fixed assets | £509k | £965k | £792k |
| Current assets | £3.4m | £3.4m | £2.5m |
| Debtors | £1.2m | £1.3m | £703k |
| Deferred income | £1.2m | £1.1m | £2m |
| Cash from operations | −£1.2m | −£1.2m | −£1.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 31.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £180k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £9.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −185.5%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 6.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 15.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 5.6%
- 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
- ▼65%
- Now £309k
- Cash at bank
- ▼39%
- Now £850k
- Headcount
- ▲10%
- Now 69
- Deferred income
- ▲80%
- Now £2m
- Fixed assets
- ▼18%
- Now £792k
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 FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £680k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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