Petersham (UK) Limited
Registered name: PETERSHAM (UK) LIMITED
Petersham (UK) Limited made £7.5m revenue and a £405k loss in the year to 24 Dec 2023.
Petersham (UK) Limited’s revenue grew 7% to £7.5m in the year to 24 Dec 2023, with a loss of £405k and 127 employees. The company is classified under “other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (not commercial art galleries and opticians)” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Liquidation
- Location
- London, London
- 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 | 25 Dec 2022 | 24 Dec 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £7m | £7.5m |
| Cost of sales | £1.8m | £1.9m |
| Gross profit | £5.2m | £5.6m |
| Operating profit | −£333k | £140k |
| Profit before tax | −£1.3m | −£405k |
| Profit after tax | −£1.3m | −£405k |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.3m | −£405k |
| Staff costs | £2.7m | £2.7m |
| Employees (average) | 114 | 127 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −18% | −5.4% |
| Gross margin | 74% | 75.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £61.5k | £59k |
| Profit per employee | −£11.1k | −£3.2k |
| Cash conversion | — | −181.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲6.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲11.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £498k | £122k |
| Net assets | −£482k | −£887k |
| Fixed assets | £3.8m | £3.3m |
| Current assets | £1.6m | £1.5m |
| Debtors | £1k | £49.4k |
| Deferred income | £420k | £459k |
| Cash from operations | −£299k | −£255k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −5.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 75.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £59k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£3.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −181.9%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 44%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 6.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.7%
- 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 −£887k
- Cash at bank
- ▼76%
- Now £122k
- Headcount
- ▲11%
- Now 127
- Deferred income
- ▲9%
- Now £459k
- Fixed assets
- ▼12%
- Now £3.3m
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 24 Dec 2023 (profit −£405k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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