Sweatco Ltd
Registered name: SWEATCO LTD
Sweatco Ltd made £15.8m revenue and a £2.1m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Sweatco Ltd’s revenue was £15.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £2.1m and 29 employees. The company is classified under “ready-made interactive leisure and entertainment software development” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, 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 | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £17.5m | £16.2m | £15m | £15.8m |
| Cost of sales | £1.3m | £1.9m | £1.7m | £2.1m |
| Gross profit | £16.1m | £14.3m | £13.3m | £13.7m |
| Operating profit | £1.9m | −£142k | £899k | −£2.3m |
| Profit before tax | £1.9m | −£147k | £897k | −£2.2m |
| Profit after tax | £1.9m | £75.3k | £747k | −£2.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.9m | £75.3k | £747k | −£2.1m |
| Staff costs | £2.8m | £2.8m | £2.4m | £3.4m |
| Employees (average) | 42 | 34 | 32 | 29 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 10.7% | 0.5% | 5% | −13.4% |
| Gross margin | 92.3% | 88.2% | 88.9% | 86.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £416k | £475k | £467k | £544k |
| Profit per employee | £44.5k | £2.2k | £23.3k | −£72.8k |
| Cash conversion | 125.3% | — | 133.7% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼7.5% | ▼7.5% | — |
| Profit growth | — | ▼96% | ▲892.2% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼19.1% | ▼5.9% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £5.1m | £1.5m | £2.7m | £2.2m |
| Net assets | £5.3m | £5.3m | £6.1m | £3.5m |
| Fixed assets | £120k | £172k | £171k | £189k |
| Current assets | £8.6m | £6.9m | £6.9m | £4.6m |
| Debtors | £3m | £5.1m | £4m | £1.8m |
| Deferred income | £886k | £787k | £140k | £562k |
| Cash from operations | £2.4m | −£3.2m | £1.2m | −£365k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −13.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 86.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £544k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£72.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11.5%
- 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 £3.5m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £2.2m
- Headcount
- —
- Now 29
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £562k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £189k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£2.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 12 Oct 2026
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