Stics Limited
Registered name: STICS LIMITED
Stics Limited made £39.2k revenue and a £9.4k loss in the year to 31 Jan 2025.
Stics Limited’s revenue grew 24% to £39.2k in the year to 31 Jan 2025, with a loss of £9.4k and 2 employees. The company is classified under “business and domestic software development” and is based in Bolton; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bolton, North West
- Age
- 14 yrs · since 2012
- 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 Jan 2022 | 31 Jan 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £31.6k | £39.2k |
| Gross profit | £4.1k | £3.5k | −£1.6k | — |
| Operating profit | £3.8k | £3k | −£2.2k | — |
| Profit before tax | £3.8k | £3k | −£2.2k | — |
| Profit after tax | £3k | £2.4k | −£2.2k | −£9.4k |
| Profit (best available) | £3k | £2.4k | −£2.2k | −£9.4k |
| Staff costs | — | — | £26.7k | £35k |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | −6.8% | −24% |
| Gross margin | — | — | −5% | — |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £31.6k | £19.6k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | −£2.2k | −£4.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲24.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼19.6% | ▼188.9% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | — | — | ▲100% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3.9k | £204 | £1.7k | — |
| Net assets | £3.1k | £5.5k | £3.4k | £4.6k |
| Current assets | £3.9k | £6.9k | £3.4k | £4.6k |
| Debtors | — | £6.7k | £1.7k | — |
| Source | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −24%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £19.6k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£4.7k
- 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
- ▲36%
- Now £4.6k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲100%
- Now 2
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jan 2025 (profit −£9.4k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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