Skiddle Limited
Registered name: SKIDDLE LIMITED
Skiddle Limited made £18.2m revenue and £3m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Skiddle Limited’s revenue grew 13% to £18.2m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £3m profit and 97 employees. The company is classified under “other information technology service activities” and is based in Preston; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Preston, North West
- Age
- 20 yrs · since 2006
- Type
- Private Limited Company
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) | £10.8m | £13.1m | £16.2m | £18.2m |
| Cost of sales | £4.6m | £5.4m | £7.5m | — |
| Gross profit | £6.2m | £7.7m | £8.6m | — |
| Operating profit | £2.9m | £4.1m | £3.8m | £3.2m |
| Profit before tax | £3m | £4m | £1.7m | £4m |
| Profit after tax | £2.4m | £3.3m | £1.5m | £3m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.4m | £3.3m | £1.5m | £3m |
| Staff costs | £1.7m | £2.1m | £2.6m | £3.3m |
| Employees (average) | 58 | 77 | 82 | 97 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 22.1% | 25.4% | 9.3% | 16.2% |
| Gross margin | 57.6% | 58.5% | 53.4% | — |
| Revenue per employee | £187k | £171k | £197k | £188k |
| Profit per employee | £41.3k | £43.3k | £18.4k | £30.5k |
| Cash conversion | −84.9% | −195.2% | −253.3% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲21.2% | ▲23% | ▲13% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲39.4% | ▼54.8% | ▲96% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲32.8% | ▲6.5% | ▲18.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £20.8m | £23.4m | £26.1m | £31.5m |
| Net assets | £6.6m | £6.7m | £7.9m | £8.5m |
| Fixed assets | £1.7m | £2.2m | £2.7m | £3m |
| Current assets | £23.7m | £26.6m | £31.9m | £35.3m |
| Debtors | £1.8m | £1.8m | £4.8m | £2.4m |
| Deferred income | £94.4k | £151k | £620k | £104k |
| Cash from operations | −£2.5m | −£8m | −£9.5m | — |
| 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
- 16.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £188k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £30.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 16.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.4%
- 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
- ▲8%
- Now £8.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲21%
- Now £31.5m
- Headcount
- ▲18%
- Now 97
- Deferred income
- ▼83%
- Now £104k
- Fixed assets
- ▲13%
- Now £3m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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