Mayday Assistance Limited
Registered name: MAYDAY ASSISTANCE LIMITED
Part of Mayday Group Limited groupMayday Assistance Limited made £14.7m revenue and £493k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2023.
Mayday Assistance Limited’s revenue grew 46% to £14.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2023, with £493k profit and 11 employees. The company is classified under “other human health activities” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Liquidation
- Location
- London, London
- 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.
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) | £10.1m | £14.7m |
| Cost of sales | £8.2m | £12.7m |
| Gross profit | £1.9m | £2m |
| Operating profit | £1m | £628k |
| Profit before tax | £1m | £642k |
| Profit after tax | £1m | £493k |
| Profit (best available) | £1m | £493k |
| Employees (average) | 9 | 11 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 10.1% | 3.4% |
| Gross margin | 19.1% | 13.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.1m | £1.3m |
| Profit per employee | £113k | £44.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲46.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼51.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲22.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £492k | £247k |
| Net assets | £395k | £887k |
| Fixed assets | £161k | £129k |
| Current assets | £3.8m | £3.1m |
| Debtors | £1.7m | £1.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 13.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.3m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £44.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 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
- ▲125%
- Now £887k
- Cash at bank
- ▼50%
- Now £247k
- Headcount
- ▲22%
- Now 11
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼20%
- Now £129k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Mayday Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Mayday Assistance Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Mayday Repatriation Services LimitedLiquidationRev. £4.7m · Profit £263k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2023 (profit £493k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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