Minimum Spanning Technologies Limited
Registered name: MINIMUM SPANNING TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
Minimum Spanning Technologies Limited made £27.2m revenue and £18.5m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2023.
Minimum Spanning Technologies Limited’s revenue fell 30% to £27.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2023, with £18.5m profit and 1 employee. The company is classified under “business and domestic software development” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £39m | £27.2m |
| Cost of sales | £4.4m | £9.2m |
| Gross profit | £34.7m | £18.1m |
| Operating profit | £24.3m | £10.4m |
| Profit before tax | £17.6m | £18.7m |
| Profit after tax | £2.5m | £18.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.5m | £18.5m |
| Staff costs | £0 | £38.2k |
| Employees (average) | 1 | 1 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 6.4% | 67.8% |
| Gross margin | 88.8% | 66.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £39m | £27.2m |
| Profit per employee | £2.5m | £18.5m |
| Cash conversion | 10.9% | −38.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼30.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲640.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £92.1m | £6.8m |
| Net assets | −£25.2m | −£3.9m |
| Fixed assets | £15.4m | £17.4m |
| Current assets | £166m | £169m |
| Debtors | £395k | £408k |
| Deferred income | £145m | £129m |
| Cash from operations | £2.7m | −£4.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 67.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 66.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £27.2m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £18.5m
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −38.9%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 63.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 473.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.5%
- 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
- —
- Now −£3.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▼93%
- Now £6.8m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 1
- Deferred income
- ▼11%
- Now £129m
- Fixed assets
- ▲13%
- Now £17.4m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2023 (profit £18.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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