Medgen Ltd
Registered name: MEDGEN LTD
Part of Jwaneng Holding Ltd groupMedgen Ltd made £12.2m revenue and a £7.5m loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Medgen Ltd’s revenue fell 55% to £12.2m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £7.5m and 45 employees. The company is classified under “other activities of employment placement agencies” and is based in Sutton; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Sutton, London
- Age
- 11 yrs · since 2015
- 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 parent company is Ermelo Parent Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales with registered office at 5th Floor, Chancery House, St. Nicholas Way, Sutton, SM1 1JB.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £42.1m | £27.1m | £12.2m |
| Cost of sales | £26.6m | £16.7m | £7.9m |
| Gross profit | £15.5m | £10.3m | £4.3m |
| Operating profit | £10.1m | £4.9m | −£7.4m |
| Profit before tax | £10.1m | £5m | −£7.4m |
| Profit after tax | £8.1m | £4m | −£7.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £8.1m | £4m | −£7.5m |
| Staff costs | £4.2m | £4.2m | £2.5m |
| Employees (average) | 73 | 77 | 45 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 19.3% | 14.9% | −61.5% |
| Gross margin | 36.8% | 38.2% | 35.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £576k | £351k | £271k |
| Profit per employee | £111k | £52.5k | −£167k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼35.7% | ▼55% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼50.2% | ▼285.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5.5% | ▼41.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £6.2m | £5.4m | £860k |
| Net assets | £15m | £16.7m | £8.4m |
| Fixed assets | £140k | £158k | £203k |
| Current assets | £17.7m | £18.2m | £9.4m |
| Debtors | £3.5m | £2m | £464k |
| Deferred income | £233k | £261k | £142k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −61.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 35.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £271k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£167k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3.8%
- 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
- ▼50%
- Now £8.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼84%
- Now £860k
- Headcount
- ▼42%
- Now 45
- Deferred income
- ▼46%
- Now £142k
- Fixed assets
- ▲28%
- Now £203k
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
- Jwaneng Holding Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Ermelo Parent Limited75–100%
- Medgen Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit −£7.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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