Gemex Limited
Registered name: GEMEX LIMITED
Part of Gemex Holdings Limited groupGemex Limited made £14.6m revenue and £3.4m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2023.
Gemex Limited’s revenue fell 6% to £14.6m in the year to 31 Mar 2023, with £3.4m profit and 20 employees. The company is classified under “non-specialised wholesale trade” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £15.6m | £14.6m |
| Cost of sales | £9.7m | £9.1m |
| Gross profit | £6m | £5.6m |
| Operating profit | £4.9m | £4.2m |
| Profit before tax | £4.9m | £4.2m |
| Profit after tax | £3.9m | £3.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.9m | £3.4m |
| Staff costs | £791k | £973k |
| Employees (average) | 16 | 20 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 25.3% | 23.3% |
| Gross margin | 38.2% | 38.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £976k | £732k |
| Profit per employee | £246k | £170k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼6.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼13.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲25% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £9m | £8.5m |
| Net assets | £9.5m | £12.8m |
| Fixed assets | £84k | £103k |
| Current assets | £15.8m | £16.6m |
| Debtors | £2.9m | £2.4m |
| Deferred income | £33.6k | £37.2k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 23.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 38.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £732k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £170k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 16.6%
- 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
- ▲35%
- Now £12.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▼6%
- Now £8.5m
- Headcount
- ▲25%
- Now 20
- Deferred income
- ▲11%
- Now £37.2k
- Fixed assets
- ▲23%
- Now £103k
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
- Gemex Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Gemex Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Gemex Property LimitedRev. £34.8k · Profit −£52.5k
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 2023 (profit £3.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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