Essu Group Limited
Registered name: ESSU GROUP LIMITED
Essu Group Limited made £9.6m revenue and £3.9m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2023.
Essu Group Limited’s revenue grew 105% to £9.6m in the year to 30 Sep 2023, with £3.9m profit and 24 employees. The company is classified under “management consultancy activities other than financial management” and is based in Cardiff; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Liquidation
- Location
- Cardiff, Wales
- Age
- 6 yrs · since 2020
- 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 Oct 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £4.7m | £9.6m |
| Cost of sales | £2.1m | £3.8m |
| Gross profit | £2.6m | £5.8m |
| Operating profit | £2.6m | £5.8m |
| Profit before tax | £2.5m | £5.7m |
| Profit after tax | £1.8m | £3.9m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.8m | £3.9m |
| Employees (average) | 4 | 24 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 38.2% | 40.4% |
| Gross margin | 55.3% | 60.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.2m | £402k |
| Profit per employee | £450k | £162k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲104.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲116.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲500% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £56.4k | £785k |
| Net assets | £696k | £5.3m |
| Fixed assets | £234k | £3.9m |
| Current assets | £502k | £1.9m |
| Debtors | £347k | £695k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 40.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 60.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £402k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £162k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 40.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7.2%
- 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
- ▲668%
- Now £5.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲1292%
- Now £785k
- Headcount
- ▲500%
- Now 24
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲1588%
- Now £3.9m
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Sep 2023 (profit £3.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2023. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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