Rovco Limited
Registered name: ROVCO LIMITED
Rovco Limited made £19.6m revenue and a £8.1m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2023.
Rovco Limited’s revenue grew 43% to £19.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2023, with a loss of £8.1m and 106 employees. The company is classified under “other professional, scientific and technical activities” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Liquidation
- 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 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £13.7m | £19.6m |
| Cost of sales | £10.7m | £13.1m |
| Gross profit | £812k | £6m |
| Operating profit | −£8.2m | −£8.9m |
| Profit before tax | −£8.7m | −£9.2m |
| Profit after tax | −£8.7m | −£8.1m |
| Profit (best available) | −£8.7m | −£8.1m |
| Staff costs | £6.5m | £8.7m |
| Employees (average) | 88 | 106 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −63.8% | −41.5% |
| Gross margin | 5.9% | 30.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £155k | £185k |
| Profit per employee | −£99k | −£76.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲43.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲20.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £8.5m | £1.1m |
| Net assets | £11.2m | £3.2m |
| Fixed assets | £4.8m | £6.5m |
| Current assets | £11.9m | £5.7m |
| Debtors | £2.3m | £2.2m |
| Deferred income | £586k | £2m |
| Cash from operations | −£9.7m | −£3.5m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −41.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 30.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £185k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£76.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 33.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 10.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11.4%
- 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
- ▼72%
- Now £3.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼87%
- Now £1.1m
- Headcount
- ▲20%
- Now 106
- Deferred income
- ▲244%
- Now £2m
- Fixed assets
- ▲36%
- Now £6.5m
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 2023 (profit −£8.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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