Satellite Applications Catapult Services Limited
Registered name: SATELLITE APPLICATIONS CATAPULT SERVICES LIMITED
Part of Satellite Applications Catapult Limited groupSatellite Applications Catapult Services Limited made £3.9m revenue and £329k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2026.
Satellite Applications Catapult Services Limited’s revenue fell 43% to £3.9m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with £329k profit and 2 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
- 13 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.
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) | £7.3m | £6.9m | £3.9m |
| Gross profit | £7.3m | £6.9m | £3.9m |
| Operating profit | £135k | £508k | £374k |
| Profit before tax | £140k | £576k | £427k |
| Profit after tax | £110k | £465k | £329k |
| Profit (best available) | £110k | £465k | £329k |
| Employees (average) | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 1.5% | 6.7% | 8.4% |
| Gross margin | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Revenue per employee | £2.4m | £2.3m | £2m |
| Profit per employee | £36.7k | £155k | £165k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼6% | ▼43.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲322.2% | ▼29.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▼33.3% |
| 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
- 8.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 100%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £2m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £165k
- 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
- ▼33%
- Now 2
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Satellite Applications Catapult Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Satellite Applications Catapult Services Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- 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 £329k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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