Human Made Machine Limited
Registered name: HUMAN MADE MACHINE LIMITED
Human Made Machine Limited made £7.5m revenue and £580k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
Human Made Machine Limited’s revenue fell 23% to £7.5m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £580k profit and 33 employees. The company is classified under “information technology consultancy activities” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 11 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 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £12.1m | £15.6m | £9.7m | £7.5m |
| Cost of sales | £1.6m | £2.1m | −£1.3m | −£1m |
| Gross profit | £10.5m | £13.5m | £8.4m | £6.4m |
| Operating profit | £7.2m | £5.4m | £3.8m | £447k |
| Profit before tax | £7.2m | £5.4m | £4.1m | £811k |
| Profit after tax | £5.5m | £4m | £3.1m | £580k |
| Profit (best available) | £5.5m | £4m | £3.1m | £580k |
| Staff costs | £1.5m | £2.2m | — | — |
| Employees (average) | 11 | 21 | 31 | 33 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 45.7% | 25.5% | 31.9% | 7.8% |
| Gross margin | 86.6% | 86.5% | 87% | 86% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.1m | £743k | £313k | £227k |
| Profit per employee | £503k | £189k | £99.7k | £17.6k |
| Cash conversion | 87.8% | 178% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲29% | ▼37.9% | ▼22.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼28.1% | ▼22.3% | ▼81.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲90.9% | ▲47.6% | ▲6.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £4.3m | £11.2m | — | — |
| Net assets | £6.8m | £9.8m | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £32.1k | £39k | — | — |
| Current assets | £8.5m | £14.9m | — | — |
| Debtors | £1.1m | £695k | — | — |
| Cash from operations | £6.3m | £9.6m | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 86%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £227k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £17.6k
- 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
- ▲6%
- Now 33
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £580k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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