Gemba Finance Ltd
Registered name: GEMBA FINANCE LTD
Gemba Finance Ltd made £306k revenue and a £1.3m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Gemba Finance Ltd’s revenue was £306k in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £1.3m and 12 employees. The company is classified under “business and domestic software development” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 8 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 Oct 2021 | 31 Oct 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £57.9k | £424k | £745k | £306k |
| Cost of sales | — | £6.7k | £181k | £295k |
| Gross profit | £57.9k | £418k | £564k | £10.6k |
| Operating profit | −£298k | −£163k | −£510k | −£1.2m |
| Profit before tax | −£306k | −£194k | −£522k | −£1.3m |
| Profit after tax | −£306k | −£194k | −£522k | −£1.3m |
| Profit (best available) | −£306k | −£194k | −£522k | −£1.3m |
| Staff costs | £161k | £287k | £580k | £603k |
| Employees (average) | 7 | 11 | 12 | 12 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −528.7% | −45.8% | −70% | −409.9% |
| Gross margin | 100% | 98.4% | 75.7% | 3.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £8.3k | £38.6k | £62.1k | £25.5k |
| Profit per employee | −£43.7k | −£17.7k | −£43.5k | −£104k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲632.7% | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲57.1% | — | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £591 | £9.2k | £68.2k | £173k |
| Net assets | £589k | £394k | £195k | £217k |
| Fixed assets | £609k | £625k | £538k | £661k |
| Current assets | £179k | £206k | £216k | £269k |
| Debtors | £178k | £197k | £148k | £95.3k |
| Deferred income | £16k | £13.9k | £61k | £96.6k |
| Cash from operations | −£198k | −£173k | −£211k | −£1m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −409.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 3.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £25.5k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£104k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 216.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 31.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 31.1%
- 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 £217k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £173k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 12
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £96.6k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £661k
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 2024 (profit −£1.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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