Fuse Universal Limited
Registered name: FUSE UNIVERSAL LIMITED
Fuse Universal Limited made £7.5m revenue and a £351k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Fuse Universal Limited’s revenue fell 6% to £7.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £351k and 83 employees. The company is classified under “other education” and is based in Canterbury; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Canterbury, South East
- Age
- 18 yrs · since 2008
- 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 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £8m | £7.5m |
| Cost of sales | £1.9m | £1.3m |
| Gross profit | £6.1m | £6.3m |
| Operating profit | −£942k | −£708k |
| Profit before tax | −£1m | −£841k |
| Profit after tax | −£1.4m | −£351k |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.4m | −£351k |
| Staff costs | £4.3m | £4.4m |
| Employees (average) | — | 83 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −17.9% | −4.7% |
| Gross margin | 76.5% | 83.3% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £90.5k |
| Profit per employee | — | −£4.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼6.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £790k | £1.1m |
| Net assets | −£4.5m | −£4.9m |
| Fixed assets | £2.3m | £3.8m |
| Current assets | £1.5m | £2.2m |
| Debtors | £1.6m | £301k |
| Deferred income | £4.8m | £5.5m |
| Cash from operations | £2.2m | £804k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −4.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 83.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £90.5k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£4.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 50.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 73.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 4%
- 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
- —
- Now −£4.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲39%
- Now £1.1m
- Headcount
- —
- Now 83
- Deferred income
- ▲14%
- Now £5.5m
- Fixed assets
- ▲63%
- Now £3.8m
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 Dec 2024 (profit −£351k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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