Artessence UK Ltd
Registered name: ARTESSENCE UK LTD
Artessence UK Ltd made £1.9m revenue and a £428k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2024. read from filing text
Artessence UK Ltd’s revenue was £1.9m in the year to 31 Mar 2024, with a loss of £428k and 5 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of perfume and cosmetics” and is based in Bury ST Edmunds; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bury ST Edmunds, East of England
- Age
- 6 yrs · since 2020
- 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 immediate parent company of Artessence UK Limited is Artessence FZE, which is a registered company in the United Arab Emirates.”
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.9m | £1.9m |
| Cost of sales | £1.2m | £1.1m |
| Gross profit | £725k | £793k |
| Operating profit | −£132k | −£428k |
| Profit before tax | −£132k | −£428k |
| Profit (best available) | −£132k | −£428k |
| Staff costs | £16.9k | £133k |
| Employees (average) | 2 | 5 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −6.9% | −22.3% |
| Gross margin | 37.7% | 41.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £962k | £384k |
| Profit per employee | −£66.2k | −£85.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼0.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲150% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £289k | £639k |
| Net assets | −£58.1k | −£486k |
| Debtors | £81.6k | £413k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −22.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 41.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £384k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£85.5k
- 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
- 21.5%
- 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 −£486k
- Cash at bank
- ▲121%
- Now £639k
- Headcount
- ▲150%
- Now 5
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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- Profit
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- Staff
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- Profit
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- The Ilex Wood Natural Skin Care LimitedLondon · Wholesale of perfume and cosmetics
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- Karaama Perfumes LimitedLondon · Wholesale of perfume and cosmetics
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- Profit
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- Staff
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2024 (profit −£428k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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