Element London Limited
Registered name: ELEMENT LONDON LIMITED
Part of Strata Holdco Limited groupElement London Limited made £751k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2023 (revenue not disclosed).
Element London Limited reported £751k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2023, up 16% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 15 employees. The company is classified under “advertising agencies” and is based in Brackley; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Brackley, East Midlands
- Age
- 16 yrs · since 2009
- Type
- Private Limited Company
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.
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 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — |
| Profit after tax | £645k | £751k |
| Profit (best available) | £645k | £751k |
| Employees (average) | 13 | 15 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £49.6k | £50.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Profit growth | — | ▲16.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲15.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £2.5m | £3.1m |
| Net assets | £916k | £1.3m |
| Fixed assets | £12.7k | £7.6k |
| Current assets | £3.6m | £4.6m |
| Debtors | £883k | £1.4m |
| Deferred income | £100k | £254k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2024 |
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
- £50.1k
- 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
- ▲38%
- Now £1.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲24%
- Now £3.1m
- Headcount
- ▲15%
- Now 15
- Deferred income
- ▲153%
- Now £254k
- Fixed assets
- ▼40%
- Now £7.6k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Strata Holdco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Strata Midco Limited75–100%
- Strata Bidco Limited75–100%
- Ehj Buy Co No 1 Limited75–100%
- Strata Creative Holdings Limited75–100%
- Element London Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (5)
- Strata Creative Communications LtdRev. £26.4m · Profit £885k
- Sherbet Rewards & Motivation Technologies LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Trinity Event Solutions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- We Are Collider LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Wonderland Agency LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2023 (profit £751k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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