Inspecs Group PLC
Registered name: INSPECS GROUP PLC
Inspecs Group PLC made £198m revenue and a £4.6m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Inspecs Group PLC’s revenue fell 2% to £198m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £4.6m and 681 employees. The company is classified under “combined office administrative service activities” and is based in Bath; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bath, South West
- Age
- 7 yrs · since 2019
- Type
- Public 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 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £203m | £198m |
| Cost of sales | −£99.7m | −£94.8m |
| Gross profit | £104m | £103m |
| Operating profit | £2.9m | £3.4m |
| Profit before tax | £215k | −£1m |
| Profit after tax | −£997k | −£4.6m |
| Profit (best available) | −£997k | −£4.6m |
| Employees (average) | 669 | 681 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −0.5% | −2.3% |
| Gross margin | 50.9% | 52.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £304k | £291k |
| Profit per employee | −£1.5k | −£6.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼2.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −2.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 52.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £291k
- 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
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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 —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 681
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Inspecs Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit −£4.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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