Alchemy Technology Services Limited
Registered name: ALCHEMY TECHNOLOGY SERVICES LIMITED
Part of Ntt, Inc. groupAlchemy Technology Services Limited made £20.3m revenue and £950k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Alchemy Technology Services Limited’s revenue grew 35% to £20.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £950k profit and 156 employees. The company is classified under “information technology consultancy activities” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 8 yrs · since 2017
- Type
- Private Limited Company
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 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £15m | £20.3m |
| Cost of sales | £12.2m | £14.8m |
| Gross profit | £2.8m | £5.5m |
| Operating profit | −£416k | £1.3m |
| Profit before tax | −£421k | £1.3m |
| Profit after tax | −£370k | £950k |
| Profit (best available) | −£370k | £950k |
| Staff costs | £8.7m | £9m |
| Employees (average) | 163 | 156 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −2.5% | 4.7% |
| Gross margin | 18.6% | 27.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £92.2k | £130k |
| Profit per employee | −£2.3k | £6.1k |
| Cash conversion | — | −142.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲35.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £2.1m | £3.7m |
| Net assets | £2.2m | £3.1m |
| Fixed assets | £457k | £429k |
| Current assets | £3.9m | £6.5m |
| Debtors | £1.4m | £2.4m |
| Deferred income | £200k | £238k |
| Cash from operations | £457k | −£1.8m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 27.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £130k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −142.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11.9%
- 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
- ▲44%
- Now £3.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲79%
- Now £3.7m
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 156
- Deferred income
- ▲19%
- Now £238k
- Fixed assets
- ▼6%
- Now £429k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Ntt, Inc. (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- NTT Limited75–100%
- Alchemy Technology Services Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (5)
- Dimension Data Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- NTT Cloud Communications UK Ltd.Figures not disclosed
- NTT Europe Ltd.Figures not disclosed
- NTT Global Data Centers Emea Ltd.Figures not disclosed
- NTT Global Data Centers Emea UK Ltd.Figures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £950k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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