Novora Building Services Limited
Registered name: NOVORA BUILDING SERVICES LIMITED
Part of Avonside Energy Holdings Limited groupNovora Building Services Limited made £13.2m revenue and £166k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2023. read from filing text
Novora Building Services Limited’s revenue grew 9% to £13.2m in the year to 31 Mar 2023, with £166k profit and 87 employees. The company is classified under “other construction installation” and is based in London; we hold 2 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £12.2m | £13.2m |
| Cost of sales | £9.1m | £10.3m |
| Gross profit | £3m | £2.9m |
| Operating profit | £225k | £351k |
| Profit before tax | £120k | £218k |
| Profit after tax | £83.6k | £166k |
| Profit (best available) | £83.6k | £166k |
| Staff costs | £3.5m | £3.4m |
| Employees (average) | 92 | 87 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 0.7% | 1.3% |
| Gross margin | 24.9% | 22.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £132k | £152k |
| Profit per employee | £909 | £1.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲8.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲98.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼5.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £759k | £720k |
| Net assets | £185k | £347k |
| Fixed assets | £2.8m | £2.7m |
| Current assets | £3.9m | £3.8m |
| Debtors | £2.2m | £2.1m |
| Deferred income | £536k | £527k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 22.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £152k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 20.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 16.2%
- 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
- ▲88%
- Now £347k
- Cash at bank
- ▼5%
- Now £720k
- Headcount
- ▼5%
- Now 87
- Deferred income
- ▼2%
- Now £527k
- Fixed assets
- ▼5%
- Now £2.7m
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
- Avonside Energy Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Novora 2 Limited50–75%
- Novora Building Services Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Novora Building Services (Scotland) LimitedFigures not disclosed
Minority corporate shareholders
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2023 (profit £166k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2023. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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