42 Bytes Ltd
Registered name: 42 BYTES LTD
42 Bytes Ltd made £158k revenue and £9.4k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
42 Bytes Ltd’s revenue was £158k in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £9.4k profit and 0 employees. The company is classified under “business and domestic software development” and is based in Sutton; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Sutton, London
- Age
- 3 yrs · since 2023
- 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 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £0 | £158k |
| Profit after tax | £0 | £9.4k |
| Profit (best available) | £0 | £9.4k |
| Staff costs | £0 | £94k |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | — | 5.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £0 | — |
| Net assets | £1 | −£66.4k |
| Current assets | £0 | £64.7k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- 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
- —
- 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
- ▼6643000%
- Now −£66.4k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit £9.4k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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