Sere Limited
Registered name: SERE LIMITED
Part of S.e.r.e. Holdings Ltd groupSere Limited made £63m revenue and £564k profit in the year to 30 Dec 2024.
Sere Limited’s revenue grew 13% to £63m in the year to 30 Dec 2024, with £564k profit and 104 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in Belfast; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Belfast, Northern Ireland
- Age
- 29 yrs · since 1997
- 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: “S.E.R.E. Holdings Ltd”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 30 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £55.7m | £63m |
| Cost of sales | £49.7m | £55.9m |
| Gross profit | £5.9m | £7.2m |
| Operating profit | £1.5m | £2m |
| Profit before tax | £531k | £960k |
| Profit after tax | £303k | £564k |
| Profit (best available) | £303k | £564k |
| Staff costs | £3.1m | £3.8m |
| Employees (average) | 92 | 104 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 0.5% | 0.9% |
| Gross margin | 10.7% | 11.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £605k | £606k |
| Profit per employee | £3.3k | £5.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲13.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲85.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲13% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £6.1k | £2.8k |
| Net assets | £7.1m | £7.6m |
| Fixed assets | £16.6m | £17m |
| Current assets | £12.7m | £12.9m |
| Debtors | £825k | £609k |
| Deferred income | £58.7k | £12.5k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 11.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £606k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 27%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1%
- 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
- ▲8%
- Now £7.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼54%
- Now £2.8k
- Headcount
- ▲13%
- Now 104
- Deferred income
- ▼79%
- Now £12.5k
- Fixed assets
- ▲2%
- Now £17m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- S.e.r.e. Holdings Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Sere Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- 247 Aircraft Maintenance LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Jet Assist LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Dec 2024 (profit £564k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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