Atrato Services Limited
Registered name: ATRATO SERVICES LIMITED
Part of Atrato Group Limited groupAtrato Services Limited made £2.2m revenue and £148k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Atrato Services Limited’s revenue was £2.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £148k profit and 11 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in Watford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Watford, East of England
- Age
- 8 yrs · since 2018
- 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £3m | £2.2m | £1.6m | £2.2m |
| Gross profit | £3m | £2.2m | £1.6m | £2.2m |
| Operating profit | −£1.3m | £199k | £149k | £199k |
| Profit before tax | −£1.3m | £199k | £149k | £199k |
| Profit after tax | −£1.3m | £199k | £356k | £148k |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.3m | £199k | £356k | £148k |
| Staff costs | £3.8m | £1.8m | £1.4m | £1.9m |
| Employees (average) | 22 | 12 | 11 | 11 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −44.3% | 8.9% | 21.6% | 6.8% |
| Gross margin | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Revenue per employee | £138k | £186k | £149k | £199k |
| Profit per employee | −£61k | £16.6k | £32.3k | £13.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼26.5% | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼45.5% | — | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £33.3k | £32.4k | £10.5k | £17.5k |
| Net assets | −£3.8m | −£3.6m | −£3.2m | −£3.1m |
| Fixed assets | £29.9k | £13.5k | £4.5k | £17 |
| Current assets | £599k | £640k | £881k | £980k |
| Debtors | £3.7k | £3.7k | £870k | £962k |
| Deferred income | £115k | £174k | £199k | £648k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 100%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £199k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £13.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 29.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 43.9%
- 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
- —
- Now −£3.1m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £17.5k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 11
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £648k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £17
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
- Atrato Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Atrato Services Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (7)
- Atrato Capital LimitedRev. £9.6m · Profit −£757k
- Atrato Partners LimitedRev. £4.9m · Profit £1.3m
- Atrato Halliwell LimitedRev. £299k · Profit £118k
- European Supermarket Investments I LP Atrato LimitedFigures not disclosed
- European Supermarket Investments I GP Atrato LimitedFigures not disclosed
- European Supermarket Investments I LP 2 Atrato LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Resi Property Management LimitedFigures 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 £148k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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