Stef & Philips Limited
Registered name: STEF & PHILIPS LIMITED
Stef & Philips Limited made £42.4m revenue and £1.8m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2023.
Stef & Philips Limited’s revenue grew 29% to £42.4m in the year to 31 Mar 2023, with £1.8m profit and 67 employees. The company is classified under “management of real estate on a fee or contract basis” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £32.8m | £42.4m |
| Cost of sales | £25.7m | £34.8m |
| Gross profit | £7.1m | £7.6m |
| Operating profit | £2.7m | £2.4m |
| Profit before tax | £4.6m | £2.2m |
| Profit after tax | £2.2m | £1.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.2m | £1.8m |
| Staff costs | £2.8m | £3.4m |
| Employees (average) | 55 | 67 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 6.6% | 4.2% |
| Gross margin | 21.8% | 18% |
| Revenue per employee | £597k | £633k |
| Profit per employee | £39.5k | £26.5k |
| Cash conversion | 33.5% | −25.2% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲29.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼18.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲21.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £2.6m | £1.7m |
| Net assets | £3.7m | £5.5m |
| Fixed assets | £206k | £213k |
| Current assets | £17.9m | £21.4m |
| Debtors | £4.7m | £7.9m |
| Deferred income | £3.4m | £919k |
| Cash from operations | £902k | −£615k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 18%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £633k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £26.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −25.2%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 18.7%
- 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
- ▲48%
- Now £5.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼35%
- Now £1.7m
- Headcount
- ▲22%
- Now 67
- Deferred income
- ▼73%
- Now £919k
- Fixed assets
- ▲3%
- Now £213k
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 2023 (profit £1.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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