Nucleus (GB) Limited
Registered name: NUCLEUS (GB) LIMITED
Nucleus (GB) Limited made £47.5m revenue and a £380k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Nucleus (GB) Limited’s revenue was £47.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £380k and 1,186 employees. The company is classified under “unlicensed restaurants and cafes” and is based in Sunderland; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Sunderland, North East
- Age
- 24 yrs · since 2002
- 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 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £42.7m | £47.8m | £47.5m |
| Cost of sales | £15.5m | £17.4m | £16.8m |
| Gross profit | £27.2m | £30.4m | £30.7m |
| Operating profit | −£574k | −£421k | −£660k |
| Profit before tax | −£574k | −£410k | −£660k |
| Profit after tax | −£503k | −£302k | −£380k |
| Profit (best available) | −£503k | −£302k | −£380k |
| Staff costs | £12.1m | £13.4m | £14.2m |
| Employees (average) | 1,117 | 1,153 | 1,186 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −1.2% | −0.6% | −0.8% |
| Gross margin | 63.7% | 63.6% | 64.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £38.3k | £41.4k | £40.1k |
| Profit per employee | −£450 | −£262 | −£321 |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲11.7% | ▼0.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲3.2% | ▲2.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £3.4m | £3.4m | £2.6m |
| Net assets | £6.1m | £5.4m | £4.6m |
| Fixed assets | £7.3m | £6.1m | £6.7m |
| Current assets | £4.5m | £4.2m | £3.3m |
| Debtors | £912k | £578k | £490k |
| Cash from operations | −£3.2m | −£782k | −£1.6m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 64.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £40.1k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£321
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 14%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1%
- 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
- ▼15%
- Now £4.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼22%
- Now £2.6m
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 1,186
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲9%
- Now £6.7m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit −£380k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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