Novatia PLC
Registered name: NOVATIA PLC
Part of Circle 8 Holdings Limited groupNovatia PLC made £0 revenue and a £6.5k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2026.
Novatia PLC’s revenue fell 100% to £0 in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with a loss of £6.5k and 2 employees. The company is classified under “information technology consultancy activities” and is based in Winchester; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Winchester, South East
- Age
- 23 yrs · since 2003
- Type
- Public 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £842k | £1.1m | £746k | £478k | £0 |
| Cost of sales | £476k | £734k | £474k | £405k | £0 |
| Gross profit | £365k | £339k | £272k | £72.6k | £0 |
| Operating profit | £18.7k | −£24.7k | £17.6k | £20.5k | £0 |
| Profit before tax | £147 | −£46.5k | −£2.3k | −£5.2k | £0 |
| Profit after tax | −£8.7k | −£25.4k | −£14.1k | −£5.3k | −£6.5k |
| Profit (best available) | −£8.7k | −£25.4k | −£14.1k | −£5.3k | −£6.5k |
| Staff costs | £447k | £369k | £358k | £0 | — |
| Employees (average) | 12 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 2 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | −1% | −2.4% | −1.9% | −1.1% | — |
| Gross margin | 43.4% | 31.6% | 36.4% | 15.2% | — |
| Revenue per employee | £70.1k | £89.5k | £62.1k | — | £0 |
| Profit per employee | −£724 | −£2.1k | −£1.2k | — | −£3.3k |
| Cash conversion | −184.3% | — | 289.4% | −170.1% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲27.6% | ▼30.5% | ▼35.9% | ▼100% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | ▼100% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £19.5k | £24.6k | £18.9k | £2k | £282 |
| Net assets | −£2.1k | −£27.5k | −£41.6k | −£46.9k | −£53.5k |
| Fixed assets | £228k | £0 | — | — | — |
| Current assets | £133k | £483k | £508k | £99.7k | £92.5k |
| Debtors | £96k | £104k | £104k | £11k | £12k |
| Deferred income | £55.2k | £21.8k | £8k | £11.9k | £1.8k |
| Cash from operations | −£34.5k | £157k | £51k | −£34.9k | −£8.7k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £0
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£3.3k
- 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
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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 −£53.5k
- Cash at bank
- ▼86%
- Now £282
- Headcount
- —
- Now 2
- Deferred income
- ▼85%
- Now £1.8k
- 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
- Circle 8 Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Novatia PLCthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2026 (profit −£6.5k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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