Stobbs (IP) Ltd
Registered name: STOBBS (IP) LTD
Stobbs (IP) Ltd made £807k profit in the year to 28 Feb 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
Stobbs (IP) Ltd reported £807k profit in the year to 28 Feb 2025, up 919% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 191 employees. The company is classified under “activities of patent and copyright agents; other legal activities” and is based in Cambridge; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cambridge, East of England
- Age
- 13 yrs · since 2013
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 28 Feb 2023 | 29 Feb 2024 | 28 Feb 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — |
| Cost of sales | £10m | £10.8m | — |
| Profit after tax | £692k | £79.1k | £807k |
| Profit (best available) | £692k | £79.1k | £807k |
| Staff costs | £10.8m | £12.4m | £13.5m |
| Employees (average) | 176 | 192 | 191 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £3.9k | £412 | £4.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Profit growth | — | ▼88.6% | ▲919.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲9.1% | ▼0.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £669k | £555k | £833k |
| Net assets | £3.4m | £3m | £3.4m |
| Fixed assets | £185k | £662k | £114k |
| Current assets | £15.4m | £16m | £17.8m |
| Debtors | £8.3m | £8.1m | £7.9m |
| Deferred income | £231k | £458k | £137k |
| Cash from operations | £138k | — | −£240k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4.2k
- 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
- ▲12%
- Now £3.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲50%
- Now £833k
- Headcount
- ▼1%
- Now 191
- Deferred income
- ▼70%
- Now £137k
- Fixed assets
- ▼83%
- Now £114k
Group structure
Subsidiaries (3)
- Stobbs Lite LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Valuation Consultants Advisory LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Valuation Consultants LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 28 Feb 2025 (profit £807k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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