Petlab Media Limited
Registered name: PETLAB MEDIA LIMITED
Part of Pug Midco 1 Limited groupPetlab Media Limited made £145k revenue and a £195k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2023. read from filing text
Petlab Media Limited’s revenue grew 5% to £145k in the year to 31 Dec 2023, with a loss of £195k and 0 employees. The company is classified under “advertising agencies” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 10 yrs · since 2016
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £17.4m | £138k | £145k |
| Cost of sales | £583k | £243k | £127k |
| Gross profit | £16.8m | −£105k | £17.9k |
| Operating profit | £776k | −£814k | −£258k |
| Profit before tax | £776k | −£811k | −£258k |
| Profit after tax | £776k | −£632k | −£195k |
| Profit (best available) | £776k | −£632k | −£195k |
| Employees (average) | 16 | 5 | 0 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 4.5% | −457.2% | −134.7% |
| Gross margin | 96.7% | −75.8% | 12.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.1m | £27.6k | — |
| Profit per employee | £48.5k | −£126k | — |
| Cash conversion | 228.9% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼99.2% | ▲4.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼181.4% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼68.8% | ▼100% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £29.1k | £65.7k | £46.1k |
| Net assets | £852k | £220k | £25.1k |
| Current assets | £19.2m | £2.4m | £2.3m |
| Cash from operations | £1.8m | £262k | −£2m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −134.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 12.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- ▼89%
- Now £25.1k
- Cash at bank
- ▼30%
- Now £46.1k
- Headcount
- ▼100%
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Pug Midco 1 Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Pug Midco 2 Limited75–100%
- Pug Midco 3 Limited75–100%
- Pug Bidco Limited75–100%
- Pug Holdco (UK) Limited75–100%
- Petlab Group Limited75–100%
- Petlab Media Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Petlab LimitedFigures 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 Dec 2023 (profit −£195k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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