Esperanto Holdings Limited
Registered name: ESPERANTO HOLDINGS LIMITED
Esperanto Holdings Limited made £17m revenue and £9.8m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024. read from filing text
Esperanto Holdings Limited’s revenue grew 17% to £17m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £9.8m profit and 7 employees. The company is classified under “motion picture production activities” and is based in Bromsgrove; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bromsgrove, West Midlands
- Age
- 18 yrs · since 2008
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £18.6m | £14.5m | £17m |
| Cost of sales | £2.2m | £1.6m | £3.7m |
| Gross profit | £16.4m | £13m | £13.3m |
| Operating profit | £14m | £11.9m | £12.1m |
| Profit before tax | £14.2m | £12.3m | £12.9m |
| Profit after tax | £11.4m | £9.5m | £9.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £11.4m | £9.5m | £9.8m |
| Employees (average) | 6 | 8 | 7 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 61.2% | 65.1% | 57.7% |
| Gross margin | 88.2% | 89.3% | 78.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £3.1m | £1.8m | £2.4m |
| Profit per employee | £1.9m | £1.2m | £1.4m |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼21.9% | ▲16.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼17% | ▲3.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲33.3% | ▼12.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £6.8m | £6.5m | £9.6m |
| Net assets | £15.2m | £24.8m | £35.5m |
| Fixed assets | £8.7m | £9.1m | £11.9m |
| Current assets | £8.4m | £18.9m | £25.9m |
| Debtors | £1.1m | £33.9k | £0 |
| Deferred income | £30k | £47.5k | £19.2k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 57.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 78.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £2.4m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.4m
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 69.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- ▲43%
- Now £35.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲47%
- Now £9.6m
- Headcount
- ▼13%
- Now 7
- Deferred income
- ▼60%
- Now £19.2k
- Fixed assets
- ▲30%
- Now £11.9m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (2)
- Caterpillar Inc LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Esperanto Filmoj LimitedFigures not disclosed
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 2024 (profit £9.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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