Eph Creative Limited
Registered name: EPH CREATIVE LIMITED
Eph Creative Limited made £6.9m revenue and a £144k loss in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
Eph Creative Limited’s revenue fell 10% to £6.9m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with a loss of £144k and 93 employees. The company is classified under “renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods” and is based in Wetherby; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Wetherby, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 23 yrs · since 2003
- 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 | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £6.7m | £7.7m | £6.9m |
| Cost of sales | — | £1.2m | £1.1m | £729k |
| Gross profit | — | £5.6m | £6.5m | £6.1m |
| Operating profit | — | £438k | £605k | £7.1k |
| Profit before tax | — | £258k | £378k | −£192k |
| Profit after tax | — | £199k | £264k | −£144k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £199k | £264k | −£144k |
| Staff costs | — | £3.4m | £4.2m | £4.4m |
| Employees (average) | 58 | 101 | 115 | 93 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 2.9% | 3.4% | −2.1% |
| Gross margin | — | 82.5% | 85.4% | 89.4% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £66.6k | £66.6k | £73.9k |
| Profit per employee | — | £2k | £2.3k | −£1.5k |
| Cash conversion | — | −190.7% | −173.2% | −5340% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲13.9% | ▼10.3% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲32.7% | ▼154.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲74.1% | ▲13.9% | ▼19.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £825k | £454k | £288k | £65.8k |
| Net assets | £762k | £887k | £1.1m | £971k |
| Fixed assets | £4.2m | £4.3m | £4.6m | £4.4m |
| Current assets | £1.7m | £1.5m | £1.1m | £976k |
| Debtors | £191k | £269k | £244k | £279k |
| Cash from operations | — | −£835k | −£1m | −£377k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −2.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 89.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £73.9k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£1.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −5340%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 64.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 4%
- 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
- ▼13%
- Now £971k
- Cash at bank
- ▼77%
- Now £65.8k
- Headcount
- ▼19%
- Now 93
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼4%
- Now £4.4m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit −£144k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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