Strata Creative Holdings Limited
Registered name: STRATA CREATIVE HOLDINGS LIMITED
Part of Strata Holdco Limited groupStrata Creative Holdings Limited made £29m revenue and £236k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2023.
Strata Creative Holdings Limited’s revenue grew 31% to £29m in the year to 31 Dec 2023, with £236k profit and 100 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Brackley; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Brackley, East Midlands
- Age
- 9 yrs · since 2017
- 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.
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&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £12.1m | £22.1m | £29m |
| Cost of sales | — | £18.8m | £23m |
| Gross profit | — | £3.3m | £5.9m |
| Operating profit | — | £1.2m | £1.4m |
| Profit before tax | — | £1.1m | £1.3m |
| Profit after tax | £29.8k | £434k | £236k |
| Profit (best available) | £29.8k | £434k | £236k |
| Staff costs | — | £3.8m | £5.4m |
| Employees (average) | 49 | 60 | 100 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 0.3% | 2% | 0.8% |
| Gross margin | — | 15% | 20.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £246k | £369k | £290k |
| Profit per employee | £608 | £7.2k | £2.4k |
| Cash conversion | — | 200.3% | 4.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲83.4% | ▲31% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲1357% | ▼45.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲22.4% | ▲66.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £2k | £4.7k | £5k |
| Net assets | −£447k | £285k | £293k |
| Fixed assets | £2.1m | £2m | £4.7m |
| Current assets | £194k | £903k | £1.6m |
| Debtors | £192k | £3m | £3.1m |
| Cash from operations | — | £2.3m | £62.2k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 20.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £290k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 4.5%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 16.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10.5%
- 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
- ▲3%
- Now £293k
- Cash at bank
- ▲5%
- Now £5k
- Headcount
- ▲67%
- Now 100
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲138%
- Now £4.7m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Strata Holdco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Strata Midco Limited75–100%
- Strata Bidco Limited75–100%
- Ehj Buy Co No 1 Limited75–100%
- Strata Creative Holdings Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (6)
- Strata Creative Communications LtdRev. £26.4m · Profit £885k
- Element London LimitedRev. — · Profit £751k
- Sherbet Rewards & Motivation Technologies LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Trinity Event Solutions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- We Are Collider LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Wonderland Agency LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2023 (profit £236k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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