Sedna Systems Europe Limited
Registered name: SEDNA SYSTEMS EUROPE LIMITED
Part of Sedna Communications Ltd groupSedna Systems Europe Limited made £9.5m revenue and a £3.7m loss in the year to 31 May 2025.
Sedna Systems Europe Limited’s revenue fell 10% to £9.5m in the year to 31 May 2025, with a loss of £3.7m and 64 employees. The company is classified under “business and domestic software development” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 7 yrs · since 2019
- 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 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 | 31 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10.1m | £10.6m | £9.5m |
| Operating profit | −£7.6m | −£4.3m | −£3.5m |
| Profit after tax | −£7.8m | −£4.4m | −£3.7m |
| Profit (best available) | −£7.8m | −£4.4m | −£3.7m |
| Staff costs | £11.2m | £10.5m | £9.3m |
| Employees (average) | 94 | 84 | 64 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −77.5% | −41.8% | −39.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £107k | £126k | £149k |
| Profit per employee | −£83.1k | −£52.6k | −£58.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲4.6% | ▼9.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼10.6% | ▼23.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1.7m | £637k | £1.5m |
| Net assets | −£7.1m | −£10.9m | −£13.8m |
| Current assets | £11m | £17.9m | £29.9m |
| Debtors | £121k | £46.6k | £1.1m |
| Deferred income | £552k | £651k | £380k |
| Cash from operations | £1.6m | £1.2m | £283k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −39.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £149k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£58.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11.3%
- 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 −£13.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲130%
- Now £1.5m
- Headcount
- ▼24%
- Now 64
- Deferred income
- ▼42%
- Now £380k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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
- Sedna Communications Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Sedna Systems Europe Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Sedna Intermediate Holdco 1 LtdFigures 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 May 2025 (profit −£3.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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