Vhip Ltd
Registered name: VHIP LTD
Vhip Ltd made £2m revenue and a £170k loss in the year to 31 Jan 2023.
Vhip Ltd’s revenue grew 89% to £2m in the year to 31 Jan 2023, with a loss of £170k and 25 employees. The company is classified under “licensed restaurants” and is based in Borehamwood; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Liquidation
- Location
- Borehamwood, East of England
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.1m | £2m |
| Cost of sales | £174k | £352k |
| Gross profit | £895k | £1.7m |
| Operating profit | −£349k | −£168k |
| Profit after tax | −£351k | −£170k |
| Profit (best available) | −£351k | −£170k |
| Employees (average) | 6 | 25 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −32.8% | −8.4% |
| Gross margin | 83.7% | 82.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £178k | £80.9k |
| Profit per employee | −£58.5k | −£6.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲89.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲316.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £8.4k | £21.5k |
| Net assets | −£325k | −£495k |
| Fixed assets | £499k | £379k |
| Current assets | £81.1k | £63.8k |
| Debtors | £25.7k | £43.3k |
| Deferred income | £2k | £1.3k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −8.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 82.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £80.9k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£6.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 18.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.1%
- 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 −£495k
- Cash at bank
- ▲157%
- Now £21.5k
- Headcount
- ▲317%
- Now 25
- Deferred income
- ▼35%
- Now £1.3k
- Fixed assets
- ▼24%
- Now £379k
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 Jan 2023 (profit −£170k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2023. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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