Nerial Ltd
Registered name: NERIAL LTD
Nerial Ltd made £294k revenue and a £817k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Nerial Ltd’s revenue fell 68% to £294k in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £817k and 14 employees. The company is classified under “publishing of computer games” and is based in Brighton; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Brighton, South East
- 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 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £2.1m | £1.8m | £933k | £294k |
| Cost of sales | £78.2k | £87.8k | £134k | £0 |
| Gross profit | £2m | £1.7m | £799k | £294k |
| Operating profit | £1.6m | £533k | −£1.3m | −£1m |
| Profit before tax | £1.6m | £533k | −£1.3m | −£1m |
| Profit after tax | £1.7m | £646k | −£989k | −£817k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.7m | £646k | −£989k | −£817k |
| Staff costs | £134k | £303k | £316k | £571k |
| Employees (average) | 13 | 14 | 15 | 14 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 78.9% | 36.9% | −106% | −277.6% |
| Gross margin | 96.3% | 95% | 85.7% | 100% |
| Revenue per employee | £163k | £125k | £62.2k | £21k |
| Profit per employee | £129k | £46.1k | −£65.9k | −£58.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼17.4% | ▼46.7% | ▼68.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼61.4% | ▼253.1% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7.7% | ▲7.1% | ▼6.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £232k | £217k | £256k | £413k |
| Net assets | £3.8m | £4.4m | £3.4m | £2.6m |
| Fixed assets | £1.2m | £1.6m | £723k | £581k |
| Current assets | £2.6m | £2.9m | £2.9m | £2.2m |
| Debtors | £2.4m | £2.7m | £0 | £392 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −277.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 100%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £21k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£58.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 197.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- 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
- ▼24%
- Now £2.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲61%
- Now £413k
- Headcount
- ▼7%
- Now 14
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼20%
- Now £581k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£817k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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