Spendesk Limited
Registered name: SPENDESK LIMITED
Spendesk Limited made £14.4m revenue and £217k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2023.
Spendesk Limited’s revenue grew 52% to £14.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2023, with £217k profit and 131 employees. The company is classified under “other software publishing” 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
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) | £9.5m | £14.4m |
| Operating profit | £668k | £290k |
| Profit before tax | £633k | £275k |
| Profit after tax | £520k | £217k |
| Profit (best available) | £520k | £217k |
| Staff costs | £7.4m | £12.4m |
| Employees (average) | 79 | 131 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 5.5% | 1.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £120k | £110k |
| Profit per employee | £6.6k | £1.7k |
| Cash conversion | −136.4% | 3491% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲52% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼58.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲65.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £13.4m | £3.1m |
| Net assets | £709k | £927k |
| Fixed assets | £94.9k | £101k |
| Current assets | £25.7m | £3.5m |
| Debtors | £2.4m | £0 |
| Deferred income | £537k | £586k |
| Cash from operations | −£911k | £10.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £110k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 3491%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- ▲31%
- Now £927k
- Cash at bank
- ▼77%
- Now £3.1m
- Headcount
- ▲66%
- Now 131
- Deferred income
- ▲9%
- Now £586k
- Fixed assets
- ▲7%
- Now £101k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2023 (profit £217k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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