Satellite Applications Catapult Limited
Registered name: SATELLITE APPLICATIONS CATAPULT LIMITED
Satellite Applications Catapult Limited made £24.2m revenue and £1.2m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2026.
Satellite Applications Catapult Limited’s revenue fell 23% to £24.2m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with £1.2m profit and 199 employees. The company is classified under “other professional, scientific and technical activities” and is based in Harwell Science & Innovation Campus; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Harwell Science & Innovation Campus, South East
- Age
- 14 yrs · since 2012
- Type
- PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Non-profit. It is limited by guarantee (typically an association, club or management company), so it isn't run for profit. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £31.2m | £31.6m | £24.2m |
| Gross profit | £31.2m | £31.6m | £24.2m |
| Operating profit | −£3.3m | £177k | £53.7k |
| Profit before tax | −£3.3m | £377k | £2.1m |
| Profit after tax | −£3.2m | £197k | £1.2m |
| Profit (best available) | −£3.2m | £197k | £1.2m |
| Employees (average) | 205 | 199 | 199 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −10.4% | 0.6% | 5.1% |
| Gross margin | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Revenue per employee | £152k | £159k | £122k |
| Profit per employee | −£15.8k | £990 | £6.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲1.3% | ▼23.3% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲527.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼2.9% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 100%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £122k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6.2k
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 199
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (3)
- Satellite Applications Catapult Services LimitedRev. £3.9m · Profit £329k
- Space Catapult LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Space Catapult Services 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 Mar 2026 (profit £1.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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