Zarafa Group Limited
Registered name: ZARAFA GROUP LIMITED
Part of Zarafa Holdco Limited groupZarafa Group Limited made £218k revenue and £80.5k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Zarafa Group Limited’s revenue grew 6% to £218k in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £80.5k profit and 14 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in North Yorkshire; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 20 yrs · since 2006
- 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.
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 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £199k | £206k | £218k |
| Cost of sales | — | £20.8k | £18.9k | £18.7k |
| Gross profit | — | £179k | £187k | £199k |
| Operating profit | — | −£154k | £9.9k | −£23.4k |
| Profit before tax | — | £1.3m | −£99.3k | £91.4k |
| Profit after tax | £610k | £1.3m | −£208k | £80.5k |
| Profit (best available) | £610k | £1.3m | −£208k | £80.5k |
| Staff costs | — | £434k | £574k | £605k |
| Employees (average) | 56 | 69 | 11 | 14 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 641.4% | −101.3% | 37% |
| Gross margin | — | 89.5% | 90.8% | 91.4% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £2.9k | £18.7k | £15.6k |
| Profit per employee | £10.9k | £18.5k | −£18.9k | £5.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲3.2% | ▲5.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲109.6% | ▼116.3% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲23.2% | ▼84.1% | ▲27.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £438k | £247k | £167k | £75.8k |
| Net assets | £6.3m | £7.6m | £6.5m | £6.6m |
| Fixed assets | £8.5m | £8.9m | £8.9m | £9m |
| Current assets | £1.4m | £2.4m | £945k | £755k |
| Debtors | £0 | £0 | £0 | £1 |
| Deferred income | £291k | £231k | £240k | £78.6k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 37%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 91.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £15.6k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4115%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 36.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- ▲1%
- Now £6.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼55%
- Now £75.8k
- Headcount
- ▲27%
- Now 14
- Deferred income
- ▼67%
- Now £78.6k
- Fixed assets
- ▲1%
- Now £9m
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
- Zarafa Holdco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Zarafa Group Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (6)
- Carter Cradle Maintenance LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Giraffe Access Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Permanently Installed Cradle Maintenance LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Zarafa Fall Protection LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Zarafa Height Solutions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Zarafa LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (1)
- Zarafa Hungate LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £80.5k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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