Cytora Limited
Registered name: CYTORA LIMITED
Part of Applied UK Holdings II Limited groupCytora Limited made £10.6m revenue and a £5.7m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Cytora Limited’s revenue was £10.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £5.7m and 66 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in Brighton; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Brighton, South East
- Age
- 14 yrs · since 2012
- Type
- Private Limited Company
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. From the filing: “The immediate parent company”
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 | 31 Mar 2025 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Profit only | Profit only | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — | £9.7m | £10.6m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | — | £2.8m | £3.6m |
| Gross profit | — | — | — | £6.8m | £7m |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | −£5.6m | −£12.8m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | −£6.3m | −£10.5m |
| Profit after tax | — | −£1.9m | −£2.6m | −£6.3m | −£5.7m |
| Profit (best available) | — | −£1.9m | −£2.6m | −£6.3m | −£5.7m |
| Staff costs | — | — | — | £7.8m | £10m |
| Employees (average) | 34 | 27 | 38 | 49 | 66 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | −65.5% | −53.5% |
| Gross margin | — | — | — | 70.7% | 66.4% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | — | £197k | £161k |
| Profit per employee | — | −£71.6k | −£69.4k | −£129k | −£86k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Headcount growth | — | ▼20.6% | ▲40.7% | ▲28.9% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £5.7m | £4.6m | £3.4m | £6m | £3.9m |
| Net assets | £2.9m | £1m | −£1.6m | −£7.2m | −£679k |
| Fixed assets | £39k | £25k | £57.2k | £59.7k | £194k |
| Current assets | £6.6m | £7.7m | £7.6m | £13.7m | £20.5m |
| Debtors | £1.9k | £1.9m | £2.5m | £6.4m | £6.4m |
| Deferred income | £433k | £300k | £6.5m | £10m | £9.8m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −53.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 66.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £161k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£86k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 92.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 60.1%
- 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 −£679k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £3.9m
- Headcount
- —
- Now 66
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £9.8m
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £194k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Applied UK Holdings II Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Cytora Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£5.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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