Vacuum (Holdings) Limited
Registered name: VACUUM (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
Vacuum (Holdings) Limited made £17.8m revenue and a £201k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Vacuum (Holdings) Limited’s revenue grew 13% to £17.8m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £201k and 151 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in Chilwell; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chilwell, East Midlands
- Age
- 17 yrs · since 2009
- 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 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £14.8m | £15.8m | £17.8m |
| Cost of sales | £9.7m | £10.5m | £12.3m |
| Gross profit | £5.1m | £5.2m | £5.5m |
| Operating profit | £708k | £231k | −£252k |
| Profit before tax | £709k | £237k | −£249k |
| Profit after tax | £550k | £204k | −£201k |
| Profit (best available) | £550k | £204k | −£201k |
| Employees (average) | 130 | 143 | 151 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 3.7% | 1.3% | −1.1% |
| Gross margin | 34.6% | 33.2% | 30.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £114k | £110k | £118k |
| Profit per employee | £4.2k | £1.4k | −£1.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲6.1% | ▲13.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼62.9% | ▼198.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲10% | ▲5.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | £6.1k | £6.1k | — |
| Fixed assets | £6.1k | £6.1k | — |
| Debtors | £0 | £0 | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −1.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 30.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £118k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£1.3k
- 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
- ▲6%
- Now 151
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit −£201k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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