Techpoint Shared Services Limited
Registered name: TECHPOINT SHARED SERVICES LIMITED
Part of Literacy Capital PLC groupTechpoint Shared Services Limited made £4.8m revenue and a £4.7m loss in the year to 30 Jul 2025.
Techpoint Shared Services Limited’s revenue fell 43% to £4.8m in the year to 30 Jul 2025, with a loss of £4.7m and 42 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of loaded electronic boards” and is based in Thetford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Thetford, East of England
- Age
- 24 yrs · since 2002
- 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: “Pod Bidco Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jul 2022 | 31 Jul 2023 | 30 Jul 2024 | 30 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £20.2m | £21.4m | £8.4m | £4.8m |
| Cost of sales | £15m | £16m | £6.7m | £3.8m |
| Gross profit | £5.2m | £5.4m | £1.6m | £959k |
| Operating profit | £1.9m | £2m | −£2.5m | −£4.6m |
| Profit before tax | £1.9m | £1.9m | −£2.6m | −£4.3m |
| Profit after tax | £1.7m | £1.8m | −£2.2m | −£4.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.7m | £1.8m | −£2.2m | −£4.7m |
| Staff costs | £2.5m | £3.1m | £3.3m | £3.6m |
| Employees (average) | 54 | 62 | 55 | 42 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 8.2% | 8.2% | −26.7% | −98.7% |
| Gross margin | 25.7% | 25.3% | 19.5% | 20.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £375k | £345k | £152k | £113k |
| Profit per employee | £30.8k | £28.3k | −£40.6k | −£112k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲5.6% | ▼60.9% | ▼43.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲5.6% | ▼227.1% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲14.8% | ▼11.3% | ▼23.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £975k | £121k | £757k | — |
| Net assets | £4.2m | £5.9m | £2.8m | −£1.9m |
| Fixed assets | £544k | £603k | £346k | — |
| Current assets | £10.1m | £12.9m | £13.5m | £5.1m |
| Debtors | £3.2m | £2.5m | £1.2m | £5.1m |
| Deferred income | £606k | £280k | £351k | £528k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −98.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 20.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £113k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£112k
- 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
- 11.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 106.2%
- 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
- ▼166%
- Now −£1.9m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼24%
- Now 42
- Deferred income
- ▲50%
- Now £528k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Literacy Capital PLCultimate parent50–75%
- Techpoint Group Ltd75–100%
- Pod Midco Limited75–100%
- Pod Bidco Limited75–100%
- Techpoint Shared Services Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (6)
- Techpoint Electronic Solutions LimitedRev. £11m · Profit £3.3m
- Golledge Electronics LimitedRev. £6.6m · Profit £1.2m
- Interconics LimitedRev. £4.3m · Profit £583k
- Bela Electronic Designs Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Esprit Business Services LimitedRev. — · Profit £75k
- Silverbulb LimitedRev. — · Profit −£24.5k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jul 2025 (profit −£4.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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