Aura Metals Limited
Registered name: AURA METALS LIMITED
Aura Metals Limited made £21.7m revenue and £256k profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Aura Metals Limited’s revenue was £21.7m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £256k profit and 8 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of metals and metal ores” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 25 yrs · since 2001
- 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 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £51.9m | £49.6m | £58.2m | £21.7m |
| Cost of sales | £49.6m | £48.9m | £56.8m | £20.4m |
| Gross profit | £2.3m | £673k | £1.4m | £1.3m |
| Operating profit | £1.1m | −£864k | −£447k | £450k |
| Profit before tax | £965k | −£1.1m | −£1m | £234k |
| Profit after tax | £804k | −£914k | −£877k | £256k |
| Profit (best available) | £804k | −£914k | −£877k | £256k |
| Staff costs | £927k | £1m | £1.4m | £485k |
| Employees (average) | 12 | 12 | 15 | 8 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.6% | −1.8% | −1.5% | 1.2% |
| Gross margin | 4.4% | 1.4% | 2.4% | 6.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £4.3m | £4.1m | £3.9m | £2.7m |
| Profit per employee | £67k | −£76.2k | −£58.5k | £32k |
| Cash conversion | 201.3% | — | — | −36.4% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼4.4% | — | — |
| Profit growth | — | ▼213.8% | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | — | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £824k | £524k | £518k | £591k |
| Net assets | £1.7m | £663k | −£300k | −£43.9k |
| Fixed assets | £59.8k | £154k | £308k | £183k |
| Current assets | £13.5m | £9.3m | £6.7m | £5.8m |
| Debtors | £9.2m | £6m | £4.8m | £4.1m |
| Deferred income | £623k | £562k | £367k | £733k |
| Cash from operations | £2.1m | −£1.2m | −£1.6m | −£164k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 6.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £2.7m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £32k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −36.4%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 19%
- 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 −£43.9k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £591k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 8
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £733k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £183k
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 30 Jun 2025 (profit £256k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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