Qa Scheme Support Services Ltd
Registered name: QA SCHEME SUPPORT SERVICES LTD
Part of Jarion Limited groupQa Scheme Support Services Ltd made £8m revenue and £1m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2023.
Qa Scheme Support Services Ltd’s revenue was £8m in the year to 31 Dec 2023, with £1m profit and 35 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in Chorley; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chorley, North West
- Age
- 20 yrs · since 2006
- 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: “Jarion Limited”
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £8.1m | £8m |
| Cost of sales | £2.4m | £2.5m |
| Gross profit | £5.7m | £5.5m |
| Operating profit | £2.1m | £1.3m |
| Profit before tax | £2.1m | £1.3m |
| Profit after tax | £1.9m | £1m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.9m | £1m |
| Employees (average) | 35 | 35 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 23.2% | 12.7% |
| Gross margin | 70.6% | 69% |
| Revenue per employee | £231k | £230k |
| Profit per employee | £53.6k | £29.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼0.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼45.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £1.3m | £596k |
| Net assets | £65.7k | £138k |
| Fixed assets | £34.2k | £40.6k |
| Debtors | £733k | £396k |
| Source | FilletedAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FilletedAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 12.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 69%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £230k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £29.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- 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
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 4.9%
- 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
- ▲110%
- Now £138k
- Cash at bank
- ▼55%
- Now £596k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 35
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲19%
- Now £40.6k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Jarion Limitedultimate parent25–50%
- Qualitymark Protection Ltd75–100%
- Qa Scheme Support Services Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Qure Group LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FilletedAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2023 (profit £1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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