Vertala Ltd
Registered name: VERTALA LTD
Vertala Ltd made £1.8m revenue and £97.6k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Vertala Ltd’s revenue fell 25% to £1.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £97.6k profit and 12 employees. The company is classified under “television programme production activities” and is based in Fordingbridge; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Fordingbridge, South West
- Age
- 6 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 directors deem the immediate parent and ultimate controlling party to be Vertala”
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 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £2.2m | £2.3m | £2.4m | £1.8m |
| Cost of sales | £1.7m | £1.4m | £1.5m | £733k |
| Gross profit | £489k | £809k | £872k | £1m |
| Operating profit | −£13.3k | £228k | £86.9k | £141k |
| Profit before tax | −£50.1k | £179k | £61.7k | £134k |
| Profit after tax | −£47.9k | £145k | £43.9k | £97.6k |
| Profit (best available) | −£47.9k | £145k | £43.9k | £97.6k |
| Staff costs | — | £693k | £891k | £1m |
| Employees (average) | 16 | 13 | 13 | 12 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −2.2% | 6.4% | 1.9% | 5.5% |
| Gross margin | 22.3% | 35.8% | 37% | 58.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £137k | £174k | £181k | £147k |
| Profit per employee | −£3k | £11.1k | £3.4k | £8.1k |
| Cash conversion | — | 93.7% | −114.8% | −0.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲2.8% | ▲4.4% | ▼25.3% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼69.6% | ▲122.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼18.8% | 0% | ▼7.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £395k | £133k | £171k | £144k |
| Net assets | −£15.9k | £129k | £173k | £270k |
| Fixed assets | £24.4k | £12.2k | £6.8k | £4.5k |
| Current assets | £650k | £490k | £385k | £403k |
| Debtors | £106k | £197k | £185k | £205k |
| Cash from operations | −£79.7k | £213k | −£99.7k | −£1.1k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 58.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £147k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £8.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −0.8%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11.6%
- 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
- ▲57%
- Now £270k
- Cash at bank
- ▼16%
- Now £144k
- Headcount
- ▼8%
- Now 12
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼34%
- Now £4.5k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £97.6k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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