Farsight Consulting Limited
Registered name: FARSIGHT CONSULTING LIMITED
Part of Vesta Topco Limited groupFarsight Consulting Limited made £15.7m revenue and £1.9m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2023.
Farsight Consulting Limited’s revenue grew 59% to £15.7m in the year to 31 Mar 2023, with £1.9m profit and 69 employees. The company is classified under “management consultancy activities other than financial management” and is based in Birmingham; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Birmingham, West Midlands
- Age
- 16 yrs · since 2010
- 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
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £9.9m | £15.7m |
| Cost of sales | £6.7m | £11.3m |
| Gross profit | £3.2m | £4.4m |
| Operating profit | £2.1m | £2.4m |
| Profit before tax | £2.1m | £2.4m |
| Profit after tax | £1.7m | £1.9m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.7m | £1.9m |
| Staff costs | £2.7m | £4.7m |
| Employees (average) | 43 | 69 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 17.7% | 12.3% |
| Gross margin | 32.5% | 28.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £230k | £227k |
| Profit per employee | £40.6k | £27.9k |
| Cash conversion | 101.9% | 68.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲58.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲10.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲60.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £4.8m | £6.3m |
| Net assets | £4.7m | £6.5m |
| Fixed assets | £84.5k | £113k |
| Current assets | £6.7m | £8.5m |
| Debtors | £619k | £563k |
| Deferred income | £369k | £358k |
| Cash from operations | £2.2m | £1.6m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 12.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 28.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £227k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £27.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 68.5%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3.6%
- 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
- ▲39%
- Now £6.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲30%
- Now £6.3m
- Headcount
- ▲60%
- Now 69
- Deferred income
- ▼3%
- Now £358k
- Fixed assets
- ▲33%
- Now £113k
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
- Vesta Topco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Vesta Midco Limited75–100%
- Investment Company 24 Bidco Limited75–100%
- Version 1 Software UK Limited75–100%
- Sixtyone Holdings Limited75–100%
- Farsight Consulting Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2023 (profit £1.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2023. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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