Linear Investments Limited
Registered name: LINEAR INVESTMENTS LIMITED
Part of Linear Investment Partners Limited groupLinear Investments Limited made £16.7m revenue and £130k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2024. read from filing text
Linear Investments Limited’s revenue grew 26% to £16.7m in the year to 31 Mar 2024, with £130k profit and 31 employees. The company is classified under “financial intermediation not elsewhere classified” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 16 yrs · since 2010
- 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.
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 | 31 Mar 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £15.5m | £13.3m | £16.7m |
| Cost of sales | £8.6m | £8.2m | £11.8m |
| Gross profit | £6.9m | £5.1m | £4.9m |
| Operating profit | £1.2m | £105k | −£99.9k |
| Profit before tax | £1.2m | £107k | £81.8k |
| Profit after tax | £1.2m | £196k | £130k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.2m | £196k | £130k |
| Staff costs | £1.7m | £1.9m | £2.4m |
| Employees (average) | 19 | 27 | 31 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 7.6% | 1.5% | 0.8% |
| Gross margin | 44.5% | 38.4% | 29.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £817k | £492k | £540k |
| Profit per employee | £62.4k | £7.3k | £4.2k |
| Cash conversion | −113.3% | 1015% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼14.5% | ▲26% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼83.5% | ▼33.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲42.1% | ▲14.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1.9m | £816k | £485k |
| Net assets | £7.1m | £7.3m | £7.4m |
| Fixed assets | £51.2k | £49.7k | £64.5k |
| Current assets | £446m | £550m | £804m |
| Debtors | £439m | £545m | £796m |
| Deferred income | £70.9k | £496k | £586k |
| Cash from operations | −£1.3m | £1.1m | £476k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 29.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £540k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 4759%
- 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
- ▲2%
- Now £7.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼41%
- Now £485k
- Headcount
- ▲15%
- Now 31
- Deferred income
- ▲18%
- Now £586k
- Fixed assets
- ▲30%
- Now £64.5k
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
- Linear Investment Partners Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Linear Investments Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Linear Investments Nominees LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2024 (profit £130k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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