Greyfriars Acquisitions Limited
Registered name: GREYFRIARS ACQUISITIONS LIMITED
Greyfriars Acquisitions Limited made £10.2m revenue and £305k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Greyfriars Acquisitions Limited’s revenue grew 11% to £10.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £305k profit and 129 employees. The company is classified under “buying and selling of own real estate” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 5 yrs · since 2021
- 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 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £9.5m | £9.2m | £10.2m |
| Cost of sales | £3.7m | £4m | £4.2m |
| Gross profit | £5.8m | £5.3m | £6m |
| Operating profit | £7.7m | −£242k | £1.3m |
| Profit before tax | £7.1m | −£990k | £500k |
| Profit after tax | £5.4m | −£920k | £305k |
| Profit (best available) | £5.4m | −£920k | £305k |
| Staff costs | £2.3m | £2.5m | £2.7m |
| Employees (average) | 72 | 72 | 129 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 56.1% | −10% | 3% |
| Gross margin | 61.3% | 57% | 59% |
| Revenue per employee | £133k | £128k | £79.1k |
| Profit per employee | £74.4k | −£12.8k | £2.4k |
| Cash conversion | 57.4% | — | 130.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼3.3% | ▲10.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼117.2% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲79.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £712k | £351k | £1.1m |
| Net assets | £31m | £31.7m | £19.3m |
| Fixed assets | £32.6m | £35.3m | £34.6m |
| Current assets | £15.3m | £14.8m | £2.7m |
| Debtors | £572k | £604k | £292k |
| Deferred income | £633k | £209k | £604k |
| Cash from operations | £4.4m | £853k | £1.7m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 59%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £79.1k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 130.9%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 339%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 5.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.9%
- 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
- ▼39%
- Now £19.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲208%
- Now £1.1m
- Headcount
- ▲79%
- Now 129
- Deferred income
- ▲189%
- Now £604k
- Fixed assets
- ▼2%
- Now £34.6m
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 2024 (profit £305k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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