Sphere Solutions Limited
Registered name: SPHERE SOLUTIONS LIMITED
Part of Sphere Solutions Limited groupSphere Solutions Limited made £40m revenue and £516k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Sphere Solutions Limited’s revenue grew 7% to £40m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £516k profit and 49 employees. The company is classified under “other activities of employment placement agencies” and is based in Cardiff; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cardiff, Wales
- Age
- 21 yrs · since 2005
- 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 | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £28.5m | £31.3m | £37.3m | £40m |
| Cost of sales | £24.1m | £26.4m | £31.8m | £34.4m |
| Gross profit | £4.5m | £4.9m | £5.5m | £5.6m |
| Operating profit | £930k | £1.1m | £757k | £832k |
| Profit before tax | £919k | £1m | £630k | £661k |
| Profit after tax | £904k | £798k | £428k | £516k |
| Profit (best available) | £904k | £798k | £428k | £516k |
| Staff costs | £2.5m | £2.8m | £3.3m | £3.3m |
| Employees (average) | 41 | 39 | 46 | 49 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.2% | 2.5% | 1.1% | 1.3% |
| Gross margin | 15.6% | 15.6% | 14.8% | 14.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £696k | £803k | £811k | £817k |
| Profit per employee | £22.1k | £20.5k | £9.3k | £10.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲9.8% | ▲19.1% | ▲7.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼11.8% | ▼46.3% | ▲20.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4.9% | ▲17.9% | ▲6.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £625k | £1.2m | £833k | £817k |
| Net assets | £1.1m | £1.1m | £989k | £722k |
| Fixed assets | £521k | £263k | £218k | £181k |
| Current assets | £5.6m | £7.1m | £8.2m | £7.2m |
| Debtors | £4.8m | £5.7m | £7m | £5.9m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 14.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £817k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £10.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14.8%
- 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
- ▼27%
- Now £722k
- Cash at bank
- ▼2%
- Now £817k
- Headcount
- ▲7%
- Now 49
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼17%
- Now £181k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Sphere Solutions Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Sphere Solutions Eot Trustee Limited75–100%
- Sphere Projects Ltd75–100%
- Sphere Solutions Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Kenton Black Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sphere Solutions Eot Trustee LimitedFigures not disclosed
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 2025 (profit £516k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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