Minerva Research Labs Limited
Registered name: MINERVA RESEARCH LABS LIMITED
Minerva Research Labs Limited made £16.3m revenue and £890k profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025.
Minerva Research Labs Limited’s revenue grew 3% to £16.3m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £890k profit and 34 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other food products” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 17 yrs · since 2009
- 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 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £13m | £15.8m | £16.3m |
| Cost of sales | −£4.2m | −£5.3m | −£5m |
| Gross profit | £8.8m | £10.5m | £11.2m |
| Operating profit | £1.4m | £2m | £1.1m |
| Profit before tax | £1.4m | £2.1m | £1.2m |
| Profit after tax | £1.4m | £1.8m | £890k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.4m | £1.8m | £890k |
| Employees (average) | 28 | 31 | 34 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 10.7% | 11.4% | 5.5% |
| Gross margin | 67.6% | 66.6% | 69% |
| Revenue per employee | £463k | £511k | £479k |
| Profit per employee | £49.7k | £58.2k | £26.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲22.2% | ▲2.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲29.8% | ▼50.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲10.7% | ▲9.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 69%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £479k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £26.2k
- 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 —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲10%
- Now 34
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Jul 2025 (profit £890k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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