Nova Acquisition Limited
Registered name: NOVA ACQUISITION LIMITED
Nova Acquisition Limited made £23.1m revenue and a £610k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Nova Acquisition Limited’s revenue grew 1% to £23.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £610k and 141 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Halesowen; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Halesowen, West Midlands
- Age
- 9 yrs · since 2016
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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 | Profit only | Profit only | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £23m | £23.1m |
| Cost of sales | £13.4m | £15.3m | −£14.8m | −£14.5m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £8.2m | £8.6m |
| Operating profit | — | — | −£530k | −£506k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | −£535k | −£511k |
| Profit after tax | £265k | £649k | −£625k | −£610k |
| Profit (best available) | £265k | £649k | −£625k | −£610k |
| Staff costs | £0 | £0 | — | — |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 | 147 | 141 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | −2.7% | −2.6% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 35.6% | 37% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £156k | £164k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | −£4.3k | −£4.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲0.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲145.2% | ▼196.3% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | — | — | ▼4.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £992k | £1.5m | — | — |
| Net assets | — | £20.6m | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £19.7m | £19.7m | — | — |
| Current assets | £1.3m | £1.8m | — | — |
| Debtors | £0 | £0 | — | — |
| Deferred income | £11.7k | £13.6k | — | — |
| Cash from operations | −£445k | −£1.6m | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | Accounts · bulk data May 2026 | Accounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −2.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 37%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £164k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£4.3k
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 141
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (4)
- W M H Transmissions LimitedRev. £6.4m · Profit £34.5k
- Lamond & Murray LimitedRev. £5.3m · Profit −£42.2k
- Apex Transmissions LtdRev. £969k · Profit −£29.9k
- Hayley 247 Engineering Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£610k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Contains public sector information from Companies House licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data from Companies House, © Crown copyright. View the licence.