Spinnaker Support Limited
Registered name: SPINNAKER SUPPORT LIMITED
Spinnaker Support Limited made £31.5m revenue and £995k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Spinnaker Support Limited’s revenue grew 14% to £31.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £995k profit and 51 employees. The company is classified under “management consultancy activities other than financial management” and is based in Chichester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chichester, 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 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £11.5m | £16.1m | £27.5m | £31.5m |
| Cost of sales | £10.3m | £13.7m | £23.9m | £28.7m |
| Gross profit | £1.2m | £2.4m | £3.6m | £2.8m |
| Operating profit | £519k | £856k | £1.2m | £1.4m |
| Profit before tax | £519k | £857k | £1.2m | £1.4m |
| Profit after tax | £389k | £653k | £928k | £995k |
| Profit (best available) | £389k | £653k | £928k | £995k |
| Employees (average) | 37 | 42 | 48 | 51 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.4% | 4% | 3.4% | 3.2% |
| Gross margin | 10.6% | 14.8% | 13.2% | 8.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £311k | £384k | £574k | £617k |
| Profit per employee | £10.5k | £15.5k | £19.3k | £19.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲39.9% | ▲71% | ▲14.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲67.9% | ▲42.1% | ▲7.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲13.5% | ▲14.3% | ▲6.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £815k | £915k | £444k | £5.7m |
| Net assets | £2.7m | £3.3m | £4.3m | £5.3m |
| Fixed assets | £56.6k | £56.6k | £114k | £101k |
| Current assets | £7.3m | £8.4m | £14.1m | £16.6m |
| Debtors | £1.8m | £2.2m | £7.1m | £3.1m |
| Deferred income | £3.8m | £4.1m | £7.4m | £9.6m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 8.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £617k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £19.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 30.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 9.7%
- 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
- ▲25%
- Now £5.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲1179%
- Now £5.7m
- Headcount
- ▲6%
- Now 51
- Deferred income
- ▲30%
- Now £9.6m
- Fixed assets
- ▼12%
- Now £101k
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 2025 (profit £995k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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