Illumicrate Limited
Registered name: ILLUMICRATE LIMITED
Illumicrate Limited made £14.7m revenue and £623k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Illumicrate Limited’s revenue fell 4% to £14.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £623k profit and 30 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale via mail order houses or via internet” and is based in Marlow; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Marlow, South East
- 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 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £12.9m | £15.3m | £14.7m |
| Cost of sales | — | £10.1m | £12.6m | £12.3m |
| Gross profit | — | £2.8m | £2.7m | £2.5m |
| Operating profit | — | £2.2m | £1.9m | £876k |
| Profit before tax | — | £2.2m | £1.9m | £883k |
| Profit after tax | — | £1.7m | £1.4m | £623k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £1.7m | £1.4m | £623k |
| Staff costs | — | £385k | £545k | £1m |
| Employees (average) | 10 | 19 | 24 | 30 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 12.9% | 9.3% | 4.2% |
| Gross margin | — | 21.6% | 17.7% | 16.8% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £678k | £638k | £491k |
| Profit per employee | — | £87.4k | £59.3k | £20.8k |
| Cash conversion | — | −68.9% | −107.3% | −11.2% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲18.8% | ▼3.7% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼14.2% | ▼56.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲90% | ▲26.3% | ▲25% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.5m | £1.7m | £3.9m | £2.7m |
| Net assets | £2.9m | £3.3m | £4.6m | £5.1m |
| Fixed assets | £85.7k | £75k | £210k | £175k |
| Current assets | £4.7m | £5.7m | £7.3m | £9.4m |
| Debtors | £1.1k | £856k | £5.3k | £5k |
| Deferred income | — | £1.5m | £1.2m | £3.1m |
| Cash from operations | — | −£1.5m | −£2m | −£98.2k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 16.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £491k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £20.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −11.2%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 21.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- ▲10%
- Now £5.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼30%
- Now £2.7m
- Headcount
- ▲25%
- Now 30
- Deferred income
- ▲152%
- Now £3.1m
- Fixed assets
- ▼17%
- Now £175k
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 2025 (profit £623k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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