3011Maplesign Ltd
Registered name: 3011MAPLESIGN LTD
3011Maplesign Ltd made £60.7m revenue and a £2.3m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2023. read from filing text
3011Maplesign Ltd’s revenue grew 13% to £60.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2023, with a loss of £2.3m and 2,991 employees. The company is classified under “other activities of employment placement agencies” and is based in Heskin; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Liquidation
- Location
- Heskin, North West
- Age
- 19 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: “The ultimate parent company for which consolidated financial statements including the result of the company, are included is Azebra Group Limited, a company registered in England and Wales. Copies of ”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £32.1m | £53.5m | £60.7m |
| Cost of sales | £31.4m | £52.5m | £59.3m |
| Gross profit | £727k | £955k | £1.3m |
| Operating profit | £18.3k | £30.4k | −£2.3m |
| Profit before tax | £3.8k | £17.5k | −£2.3m |
| Profit after tax | £3.8k | £11.4k | −£2.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.8k | £11.4k | −£2.3m |
| Staff costs | £31m | £51.8m | £58.6m |
| Employees (average) | 5,636 | 6,382 | 2,991 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 0% | 0% | −3.9% |
| Gross margin | 2.3% | 1.8% | 2.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £5.7k | £8.4k | £20.3k |
| Profit per employee | £1 | £2 | −£783 |
| Cash conversion | −6342% | 4988% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲66.4% | ▲13.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲196.3% | ▼20676% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲13.2% | ▼53.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1.7m | £139k | £1.4m |
| Net assets | £118k | £129k | −£2.2m |
| Current assets | £4.6m | £3.2m | £2.4m |
| Debtors | £42.1k | £123k | £202k |
| Cash from operations | −£1.2m | £1.5m | −£1.3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −3.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 2.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £20.3k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£783
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.3%
- 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
- ▼1814%
- Now −£2.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲887%
- Now £1.4m
- Headcount
- ▼53%
- Now 2,991
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2023 (profit −£2.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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