Start Scape Limited
Registered name: START SCAPE LIMITED
Start Scape Limited made £218k revenue and £2.5k profit in the year to 31 Jan 2025.
Start Scape Limited’s revenue grew 276% to £218k in the year to 31 Jan 2025, with £2.5k profit and 6 employees. The company is classified under “advertising agencies” and is based in Stockport; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Stockport, North West
- Age
- 8 yrs · since 2018
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jan 2022 | 31 Jan 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £74.2k | £108k | £57.9k | £218k |
| Profit after tax | −£22.2k | −£26.3k | −£31.6k | £2.5k |
| Profit (best available) | −£22.2k | −£26.3k | −£31.6k | £2.5k |
| Staff costs | £59.2k | £93.3k | £47.7k | £123k |
| Employees (average) | — | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −29.9% | −24.3% | −54.6% | 1.1% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £18k | — | £36.3k |
| Profit per employee | — | −£4.4k | — | £415 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲46% | ▼46.5% | ▲276.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▼100% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | −£121k | −£98.9k | −£131k | £18.4k |
| Fixed assets | £38.5k | £38.5k | £38.5k | £57.6k |
| Current assets | £16.6k | £26.3k | £26.4k | £37.2k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | Full Accounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £36.3k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £415
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 26.4%
- 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 £18.4k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now 6
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲50%
- Now £57.6k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jan 2025 (profit £2.5k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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