Scale Computing, Ltd
Registered name: SCALE COMPUTING, LTD
Scale Computing, Ltd made £1.4m revenue and £394k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2022.
Scale Computing, Ltd’s revenue grew 5% to £1.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2022, with £394k profit and 3 employees. The company is classified under “other information technology service activities” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 16 yrs · since 2010
- 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 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.4m | £1.4m |
| Cost of sales | £399k | £420k |
| Gross profit | £974k | £1m |
| Profit before tax | £501k | £526k |
| Profit after tax | £449k | £394k |
| Profit (best available) | £449k | £394k |
| Employees (average) | 3 | 3 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 32.7% | 27.3% |
| Gross margin | 70.9% | 70.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £458k | £482k |
| Profit per employee | £150k | £131k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲5.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼12.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £247k | £269k |
| Net assets | −£536k | −£142k |
| Current assets | £804k | £735k |
| Debtors | £379k | £414k |
| Deferred income | £691k | £615k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 27.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 70.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £482k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £131k
- 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
- 42.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 28.6%
- 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
- —
- Now −£142k
- Cash at bank
- ▲9%
- Now £269k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 3
- Deferred income
- ▼11%
- Now £615k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2022 (profit £394k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2023. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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