Meridian Healthcomms Limited
Registered name: MERIDIAN HEALTHCOMMS LIMITED
Part of Sovereign Capital Partners LLP groupMeridian Healthcomms Limited made £8.1m revenue and £481k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2024.
Meridian Healthcomms Limited’s revenue fell 8% to £8.1m in the year to 30 Sep 2024, with £481k profit and 82 employees. The company is classified under “management consultancy activities other than financial management” and is based in Macclesfield; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Macclesfield, North West
- Age
- 22 yrs · since 2004
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £4.5m | £8.8m | £8.1m |
| Cost of sales | £3.7m | £7.4m | £7m |
| Gross profit | £795k | £1.5m | £1.2m |
| Operating profit | −£56 | £410k | £545k |
| Profit before tax | −£55 | £410k | £545k |
| Profit after tax | −£4.2k | £410k | £481k |
| Profit (best available) | −£4.2k | £410k | £481k |
| Staff costs | £2.1m | £4.7m | £4.6m |
| Employees (average) | 77 | 0 | 82 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −0.1% | 4.6% | 5.9% |
| Gross margin | 17.8% | 16.8% | 14.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £57.8k | — | £99.2k |
| Profit per employee | −£55 | — | £5.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼8% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲17.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £616k | £280k | £1.1m |
| Net assets | £4.1m | £4.5m | £5m |
| Fixed assets | £108k | £91k | £8.2k |
| Current assets | £6.6m | £6.5m | £8m |
| Debtors | £872k | £1.4m | £1.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 14.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £99.2k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 15%
- 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
- ▲11%
- Now £5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲289%
- Now £1.1m
- Headcount
- —
- Now 82
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼91%
- Now £8.2k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Sovereign Capital Partners LLPultimate parent75–100%
- BB Shelf 4 LLP75–100%
- Bioscript Holdings Limited75–100%
- Bioscript Midco 1 Limited75–100%
- Bioscript Midco 2 Limited75–100%
- Bioscript Limited75–100%
- Meridian Healthcomms Holdings Limited75–100%
- Meridian Healthcomms Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Portland Medical Communications LimitedRev. £594k · Profit £445k
Sister companies (1)
- Cancer Communications and Consultancy LimitedRev. £1.8m · Profit £1.1m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2024 (profit £481k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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