Useful Simple Limited
Registered name: USEFUL SIMPLE LIMITED
Useful Simple Limited made £325k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
Useful Simple Limited reported £325k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 0 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in London; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- 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.
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: “Trustees of Useful Simple Trustee Limited”
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Mar 2022 | 30 Mar 2023 | 30 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | No P&L | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — | — | — |
| Profit after tax | — | — | — | −£292 | £325k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | — | −£292 | £325k |
| Employees (average) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | — | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £77.7k | £37.2k | £34k | £34k | £19.9k |
| Net assets | −£45.9k | −£46.2k | −£46.5k | −£46.5k | £279k |
| Fixed assets | £13.6k | £13.6k | £13.6k | £13.6k | £13.6k |
| Current assets | £126k | £152k | £206k | £1.2m | £770k |
| Debtors | £48.6k | £115k | £172k | £0 | £0 |
| Deferred income | — | — | — | £250k | £237k |
| Source | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- 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
- —
- 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 £279k
- Cash at bank
- ▼42%
- Now £19.9k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- ▼5%
- Now £237k
- Fixed assets
- 0%
- Now £13.6k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (5)
- Useful Simple Group LimitedRev. £12.5m · Profit £288k
- Mustrd LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Think Up LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Thomas.matthews LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Useful Simple Projects LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £325k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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