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Company No. 05465062 · Incorporated 26 May 2005

7.4 Limited

Registered name: 7.4 LIMITED

Part of Amiculum Limited group

7.4 Limited made £4.6m revenue and £434k profit in the year to 31 May 2024. read from filing text

7.4 Limited’s revenue grew 2% to £4.6m in the year to 31 May 2024, with £434k profit and 30 employees. The company is classified under “public relations and communications activities” and is based in Bollington; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection M · Professional, scientific and technical activitiesSIC 70210Public relations and communications activities
Status
Active
Location
Bollington, North West
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. From the filing: “The Company's immediate and ultimate parent company is AMICULUM Limited, a company registered in England and Wales.”

Latest accounts · year to 31 May 2024

Key figures

Capital-lightOperating leverageDoing more with less
Revenue
£4.6m
Growth ▲2.2%
Profit
£434k
Growth ▲192.6%
Profit margin
9.4%
Gross 93.1%
Employees
30
Change ▼3.2%
Profit / employee
£14.5k
Revenue/employee £154k
Profitable streak
3yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

3 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 May 202231 May 202331 May 2024
DisclosureFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£5.3m£4.5m£4.6m
Cost of sales£793k£789k£319k
Gross profit£4.5m£3.7m£4.3m
Profit before tax£839k£187k£531k
Profit after tax£674k£148k£434k
Profit (best available)£674k£148k£434k
Employees (average)313130
Ratios
Profit margin12.7%3.3%9.4%
Gross margin85.1%82.6%93.1%
Revenue per employee£172k£146k£154k
Profit per employee£21.7k£4.8k£14.5k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▼14.8%▲2.2%
Profit growth—▼78%▲192.6%
Headcount growth—0%▼3.2%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£877k£127k£621k
Net assets£1.1m£720k£654k
Fixed assets£81.9k£72.4k£61k
Current assets£2.4m£1.7m£1.6m
Debtors£798k£445k£543k
Deferred income£711k£437k£412k
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
9.4%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
93.1%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£154k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£14.5k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
1.3%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
8.9%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
11.7%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▼9%
Now £654k
Cash at bank
▲389%
Now £621k
Headcount
▼3%
Now 30
Deferred income
▼6%
Now £412k
Fixed assets
▼16%
Now £61k

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Amiculum Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. 7.4 Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Sister companies (7)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 May 2024 (profit £434k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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