4 Square Services Limited
Registered name: 4 SQUARE SERVICES LIMITED
4 Square Services Limited made £22m revenue and a £2.1m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2022.
4 Square Services Limited’s revenue was £22m in the year to 31 Dec 2022, with a loss of £2.1m and 17 employees. The company is classified under “development of building projects” and is based in Bromley; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Liquidation
- Location
- Bromley, London
- Age
- 12 yrs · since 2014
- 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 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £21.3m | £22m |
| Cost of sales | £20.9m | £23.6m |
| Gross profit | £478k | −£1.6m |
| Operating profit | −£386k | −£2m |
| Profit before tax | −£393k | −£2.1m |
| Profit after tax | −£319k | −£2.1m |
| Profit (best available) | −£319k | −£2.1m |
| Staff costs | £1.6m | £1.2m |
| Employees (average) | 22 | 17 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −1.5% | −9.5% |
| Gross margin | 2.2% | −7% |
| Revenue per employee | £969k | £1.3m |
| Profit per employee | −£14.5k | −£123k |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £400k | £61.8k |
| Net assets | £3.1m | £1m |
| Current assets | £9m | £9.3m |
| Debtors | £5.3m | £3.4m |
| Deferred income | £827k | £372k |
| Cash from operations | £1.7m | £106k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −9.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- −7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.3m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£123k
- 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
- 1.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 15.4%
- 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 £1m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £61.8k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 17
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £372k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Minority corporate shareholders
- A & a Invest Limited 25–50%
- Gosal Investment Company Limited 25–50%
- Haas Holdings Ltd 25–50%
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2022 (profit −£2.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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