Zatu Limited
Registered name: ZATU LIMITED
Zatu Limited made £19m revenue and a £90.1k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Zatu Limited’s revenue grew 15% to £19m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £90.1k and 56 employees. The company is classified under “other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets” and is based in Norwich; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Norwich, East of England
- Age
- 10 yrs · since 2016
- 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 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £16.5m | £19m |
| Cost of sales | £14.3m | £15.9m |
| Gross profit | £2.2m | £3.1m |
| Operating profit | £279k | £264k |
| Profit before tax | £13.8k | £3.5k |
| Profit after tax | −£92.9k | −£90.1k |
| Profit (best available) | −£92.9k | −£90.1k |
| Staff costs | £1.3m | £1.9m |
| Employees (average) | 50 | 56 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −0.6% | −0.5% |
| Gross margin | 13.6% | 16.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £330k | £339k |
| Profit per employee | −£1.9k | −£1.6k |
| Cash conversion | −352.7% | −133.6% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲15.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲12% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £377k | £346k |
| Net assets | −£340k | −£430k |
| Fixed assets | £8.3m | £8.2m |
| Current assets | £3.8m | £4.4m |
| Debtors | £239k | £472k |
| Deferred income | £759k | £985k |
| Cash from operations | −£984k | −£353k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 16.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £339k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£1.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −133.6%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 43.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 5.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.5%
- 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 −£430k
- Cash at bank
- ▼8%
- Now £346k
- Headcount
- ▲12%
- Now 56
- Deferred income
- ▲30%
- Now £985k
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- Now £8.2m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Toy Street LtdFigures not disclosed
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 −£90.1k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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