Sencat Ltd
Registered name: SENCAT LTD
Sencat Ltd made £19.2m revenue and £1.2m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Sencat Ltd’s revenue grew 6% to £19.2m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £1.2m profit and 132 employees. The company is classified under “plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation” and is based in Preston; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Preston, North West
- Age
- 10 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £18.1m | £19.2m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £13.6m | £12.9m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £4.5m | £6.3m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £557k | £1.5m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £572k | £1.5m |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £429k | £1.2m |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £429k | £1.2m |
| Staff costs | — | — | £4.3m | £5.3m |
| Employees (average) | 25 | 78 | 112 | 132 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 2.4% | 6% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 24.9% | 33% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £162k | £145k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £3.8k | £8.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲5.8% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲170.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲212% | ▲43.6% | ▲17.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £150k | £329k | £212k | £330k |
| Net assets | £1.2m | £1.3m | £1.3m | £1.6m |
| Fixed assets | £353k | £427k | £525k | £896k |
| Current assets | £3.3m | £3.4m | £4.1m | £4.7m |
| Debtors | £2.6m | £846k | £2.7m | £2.9m |
| Deferred income | — | — | £419k | £313k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 33%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £145k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £8.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 15.3%
- 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 £1.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲56%
- Now £330k
- Headcount
- ▲18%
- Now 132
- Deferred income
- ▼25%
- Now £313k
- Fixed assets
- ▲71%
- Now £896k
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 Mar 2025 (profit £1.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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