Extra News Limited
Registered name: EXTRA NEWS LIMITED
Extra News Limited made £4.7m revenue and £241k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
Extra News Limited’s revenue grew 13% to £4.7m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £241k profit and 21 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 2015
- 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) | £3m | £3.5m | £4.2m | £4.7m |
| Cost of sales | £1.2m | £1.8m | £2.2m | £2.6m |
| Gross profit | £1.8m | £1.6m | £1.9m | £2.1m |
| Operating profit | £107k | £118k | £516k | £244k |
| Profit before tax | £107k | £118k | £516k | £244k |
| Profit after tax | £107k | £118k | £516k | £241k |
| Profit (best available) | £107k | £118k | £516k | £241k |
| Employees (average) | 9 | 15 | 18 | 21 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.6% | 3.4% | 12.4% | 5.1% |
| Gross margin | 59.4% | 47.1% | 46.8% | 44.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £332k | £233k | £231k | £223k |
| Profit per employee | £11.9k | £7.9k | £28.7k | £11.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲16.9% | ▲19% | ▲12.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲10.3% | ▲337.9% | ▼53.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲66.7% | ▲20% | ▲16.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £64.3k | £87k | £108k | £296k |
| Net assets | £992k | £1.1m | £1.6m | £1.9m |
| Fixed assets | £718k | £729k | £1.2m | £1.5m |
| Current assets | £372k | £543k | £624k | £597k |
| Debtors | £304k | £452k | £512k | £297k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 44.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £223k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £11.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 31.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 6.3%
- 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
- ▲15%
- Now £1.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲174%
- Now £296k
- Headcount
- ▲17%
- Now 21
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲19%
- Now £1.5m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £241k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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