Anavatos Limited
Registered name: ANAVATOS LIMITED
Part of Anavatos Holdco Limited groupAnavatos Limited made £9.4m revenue and £3.2m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2023.
Anavatos Limited’s revenue grew 35% to £9.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2023, with £3.2m profit and 0 employees. The company is classified under “sea and coastal freight water transport” and is based in Wembley; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Wembley, London
- Age
- 7 yrs · since 2019
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £7m | £9.4m |
| Cost of sales | £362k | £1.8m |
| Gross profit | £6.6m | £7.6m |
| Operating profit | £2.6m | £4.1m |
| Profit before tax | £2m | £3.2m |
| Profit after tax | £2m | £3.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £2m | £3.2m |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 28% | 33.7% |
| Gross margin | 94.8% | 80.4% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲34.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲62.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £1.8m | £382k |
| Net assets | £9.9m | £12.2m |
| Fixed assets | £21.6m | £0 |
| Current assets | £3.3m | £25.9m |
| Debtors | £113k | £4m |
| Deferred income | £178k | £322k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 33.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 80.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 42.6%
- 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
- ▲23%
- Now £12.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼79%
- Now £382k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- ▲81%
- Now £322k
- Fixed assets
- ▼100%
- Now £0
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
- Anavatos Holdco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Anavatos 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 Dec 2023 (profit £3.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 17 Oct 2026
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