Puzzel Ltd
Registered name: PUZZEL LTD
Puzzel Ltd made £16.2m revenue and £532k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Puzzel Ltd’s revenue grew 4% to £16.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £532k profit and 54 employees. The company is classified under “other telecommunications activities” and is based in Slough; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Slough, South East
- Age
- 25 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: “The immediate parent company is Puzzel AS, a company incorporated and operating in Norway.The ultimate parent company is Jigsaw Topco AS, a company incorporated and operating in Norway.Puzzel AS prepa”
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 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £13.7m | £15.3m | £15.6m | £16.2m |
| Cost of sales | £5.4m | £6m | £5.8m | £6.7m |
| Gross profit | £8.3m | £9.3m | £9.8m | £9.5m |
| Operating profit | −£372k | £437k | £723k | £703k |
| Profit before tax | −£521k | £170k | £818k | £721k |
| Profit after tax | −£521k | £170k | £947k | £532k |
| Profit (best available) | −£521k | £170k | £947k | £532k |
| Staff costs | £6.4m | £7.5m | £7.2m | £6.7m |
| Employees (average) | 65 | 62 | 59 | 54 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −3.8% | 1.1% | 6.1% | 3.3% |
| Gross margin | 60.4% | 60.7% | 62.6% | 58.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £211k | £247k | £264k | £300k |
| Profit per employee | −£8k | £2.7k | £16.1k | £9.8k |
| Cash conversion | — | −653% | −272.8% | 111.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲11.6% | ▲1.8% | ▲4.1% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲457.3% | ▼43.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4.6% | ▼4.8% | ▼8.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £316k | £403k | £366k | £808k |
| Net assets | −£307k | −£138k | £809k | £1.3m |
| Fixed assets | £1.7m | £1.2m | £579k | £31.3k |
| Current assets | £3.3m | £5.4m | £8m | £7.9m |
| Debtors | £1.7m | £1.7m | £2.1m | £2.9m |
| Cash from operations | −£1.2m | −£2.9m | −£2m | £785k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 58.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £300k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £9.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 111.8%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 18%
- 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
- ▲66%
- Now £1.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲121%
- Now £808k
- Headcount
- ▼8%
- Now 54
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼95%
- Now £31.3k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £532k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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