Cerevance, Ltd
Registered name: CEREVANCE, LTD
Cerevance, Ltd made £15.2k revenue and £411 profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Cerevance, Ltd’s revenue fell 14% to £15.2k in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £411 profit and 46 employees. The company is classified under “research and experimental development on biotechnology” and is based in Cambridge; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cambridge, 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 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £14.9k | £17.7k | £15.2k |
| Operating profit | £473 | £533 | £609 |
| Profit before tax | £473 | £538 | £609 |
| Profit after tax | £417 | −£67 | £411 |
| Profit (best available) | £417 | −£67 | £411 |
| Employees (average) | 40 | 44 | 46 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 2.8% | −0.4% | 2.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £372 | £401 | £330 |
| Profit per employee | £10 | −£2 | £9 |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲18.6% | ▼14.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼116.1% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲10% | ▲4.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £3k | £2.2k | £1.8k |
| Net assets | £4.3k | £4.6k | £5.5k |
| Fixed assets | £638 | £691 | £667 |
| Current assets | £6.4k | £6.2k | £6.8k |
| Debtors | £3.4k | £4k | £5k |
| Deferred income | £598 | £269 | £744 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £330
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £9
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 32.7%
- 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
- ▲20%
- Now £5.5k
- Cash at bank
- ▼16%
- Now £1.8k
- Headcount
- ▲5%
- Now 46
- Deferred income
- ▲177%
- Now £744
- Fixed assets
- ▼3%
- Now £667
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Minority corporate shareholders
- Cerevance Llc (registered outside the UK register)
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £411), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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