Intercede 2052 Limited
Registered name: INTERCEDE 2052 LIMITED
Intercede 2052 Limited made £1.5m revenue and £17.4m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2023.
Intercede 2052 Limited’s revenue fell 91% to £1.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2023, with £17.4m profit and 1 employee. The company is classified under “other passenger land transport” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Liquidation
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 21 yrs · since 2005
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Key figures
Unusual figures. Profit is higher than revenue in this filing. That usually means investment income, dividends from subsidiaries or one-off gains — or a mis-tagged figure. Check the original filing before drawing conclusions.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £17.2m | £17.2m | £1.5m |
| Cost of sales | £10.2m | £9.6m | £900k |
| Gross profit | £7m | £7.5m | £598k |
| Operating profit | £5.6m | £4.2m | £7.4m |
| Profit before tax | £5.8m | £3.6m | £17.4m |
| Profit after tax | £1.6m | −£208k | £17.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.6m | −£208k | £17.4m |
| Staff costs | £1.9m | £1.6m | — |
| Employees (average) | 114 | 74 | 1 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 9.2% | −1.2% | 1160% |
| Gross margin | 40.9% | 43.9% | 39.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £151k | £232k | £1.5m |
| Profit per employee | £13.8k | −£2.8k | £17.4m |
| Cash conversion | 9.3% | 96% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼0.1% | ▼91.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼113.2% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼35.1% | ▼98.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £2.7m | £1.7m | £1.6m |
| Net assets | £6.3m | £5.7m | £22.9m |
| Fixed assets | £7m | £10.2m | £18.4m |
| Current assets | £6.4m | £4.7m | £7.2m |
| Debtors | £1.2m | £104k | £5.6m |
| Deferred income | £169k | £231k | — |
| Cash from operations | £524k | £4.1m | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1160%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 39.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.5m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £17.4m
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1231%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 374.8%
- 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
- ▲302%
- Now £22.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▼7%
- Now £1.6m
- Headcount
- ▼99%
- Now 1
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲82%
- Now £18.4m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2023 (profit £17.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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