Zeus Labs Limited
Registered name: ZEUS LABS LIMITED
Part of Zeus Corporate Limited groupZeus Labs Limited made £6.5m revenue and a £828k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Zeus Labs Limited’s revenue fell 20% to £6.5m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £828k and 17 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. From the filing: “The company's parent undertaking at the balance sheet date was Zeus Corporate Limited, a company registered in England and Wales.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £6.9m | £8.2m | £6.5m |
| Cost of sales | £7m | £7.8m | £5.3m |
| Gross profit | −£117k | £362k | £1.2m |
| Operating profit | −£2.6m | −£2.7m | −£1.3m |
| Profit before tax | −£2.6m | −£2.7m | −£1.3m |
| Profit after tax | −£1.9m | −£2m | −£828k |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.9m | −£2m | −£828k |
| Employees (average) | 28 | 32 | 17 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −27.1% | −24.4% | −12.8% |
| Gross margin | −1.7% | 4.4% | 18.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £245k | £255k | £381k |
| Profit per employee | −£66.4k | −£62.1k | −£48.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲18.9% | ▼20.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲14.3% | ▼46.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £86.5k | £1.1m | £316k |
| Net assets | −£894k | £1.8m | £977k |
| Fixed assets | £56.8k | £64.1k | £53.1k |
| Current assets | £2.5m | £3.6m | £3m |
| Debtors | £858k | £695k | £432k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −12.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 18.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £381k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£48.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 6.7%
- 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
- ▼46%
- Now £977k
- Cash at bank
- ▼71%
- Now £316k
- Headcount
- ▼47%
- Now 17
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼17%
- Now £53.1k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Zeus Corporate Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Zeus Labs Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
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 2025 (profit −£828k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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