Alchemmy Consulting Limited
Registered name: ALCHEMMY CONSULTING LIMITED
Alchemmy Consulting Limited made £15.4m revenue and a £884k loss in the year to 31 Jan 2025.
Alchemmy Consulting Limited’s revenue fell 2% to £15.4m in the year to 31 Jan 2025, with a loss of £884k and 79 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in Stevenage; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Stevenage, East of England
- 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 | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £12.8m | £15.6m | £15.4m |
| Cost of sales | — | £4.2m | £6.1m | £8.2m |
| Gross profit | — | £8.6m | £9.5m | £7.1m |
| Operating profit | — | £2.2m | £1.6m | −£1.1m |
| Profit before tax | — | £1.6m | £779k | −£1.2m |
| Profit after tax | — | £1.2m | £372k | −£884k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £1.2m | £372k | −£884k |
| Staff costs | — | £5.1m | £6m | £6.3m |
| Employees (average) | 41 | 60 | 93 | 79 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 9.5% | 2.4% | −5.8% |
| Gross margin | — | 67.2% | 60.7% | 46.4% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £213k | £168k | £194k |
| Profit per employee | — | £20.2k | £4k | −£11.2k |
| Cash conversion | — | −57.7% | −83.8% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲22.6% | ▼1.8% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼69.2% | ▼337.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲46.3% | ▲55% | ▼15% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.7m | £1.7m | £2m | £1.3m |
| Net assets | £2.4m | £3m | £2.4m | £866k |
| Fixed assets | £1.3m | £1m | £314k | £201k |
| Current assets | £4m | £3.8m | £5.7m | £4.7m |
| Debtors | £1.2m | £1m | £1m | £1.2m |
| Cash from operations | — | −£1.3m | −£1.3m | £929k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −5.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 46.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £194k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£11.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7.8%
- 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
- ▼65%
- Now £866k
- Cash at bank
- ▼33%
- Now £1.3m
- Headcount
- ▼15%
- Now 79
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼36%
- Now £201k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jan 2025 (profit −£884k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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