Medexpress Enterprises Ltd
Registered name: MEDEXPRESS ENTERPRISES LTD
Part of Heliosx Holdings Limited groupMedexpress Enterprises Ltd made £14.5m revenue and a £1.6m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2023. read from filing text
Medexpress Enterprises Ltd’s revenue grew 10% to £14.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2023, with a loss of £1.6m and 174 employees. The company is classified under “dispensing chemist in specialised stores” and is based in Leamington Spa; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Leamington Spa, West Midlands
- Age
- 12 yrs · since 2013
- 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”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £13.2m | £14.5m |
| Cost of sales | £9m | £10.1m |
| Gross profit | £4.2m | £4.4m |
| Profit before tax | £779k | −£1.7m |
| Profit after tax | £914k | −£1.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £914k | −£1.6m |
| Staff costs | £7.2m | £11.1m |
| Employees (average) | 125 | 174 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 6.9% | −10.7% |
| Gross margin | 31.7% | 30.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £106k | £83.2k |
| Profit per employee | £7.3k | −£8.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲9.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼270% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲39.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £576k | £1.5m |
| Net assets | £9.3m | £8.4m |
| Fixed assets | £349k | £773k |
| Current assets | £10.6m | £9m |
| Debtors | £70.6k | £115k |
| Deferred income | £486k | £501k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −10.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 30.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £83.2k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£8.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 5.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.8%
- 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
- ▼9%
- Now £8.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲154%
- Now £1.5m
- Headcount
- ▲39%
- Now 174
- Deferred income
- ▲3%
- Now £501k
- Fixed assets
- ▲121%
- Now £773k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Heliosx Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Medexpress Enterprises Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (4)
- Avianta Holdings LtdFigures not disclosed
- Central Medical Solutions LtdFigures not disclosed
- Dermatica LtdFigures not disclosed
- Habitual Healthcare 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 31 Dec 2023 (profit −£1.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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