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Company No. SC160484 · Incorporated 20 Sep 1995

Critiqom Limited

Registered name: CRITIQOM LIMITED

Part of Mail Metrics Limited group

Critiqom Limited made £21.4m revenue and £913k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2024.

Critiqom Limited’s revenue grew 14% to £21.4m in the year to 31 Mar 2024, with £913k profit and 49 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of paper stationery” and is based in Perth; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection C · ManufacturingSIC 17230Manufacture of paper stationery
Status
Active
Location
Perth, Scotland
Age
31 yrs · since 1995
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.

Latest accounts · year to 31 Mar 2024

Key figures

Capital-light
Revenue
£21.4m
Growth ▲14.4%
Profit
£913k
Growth ▼14.6%
Profit margin
4.3%
Gross 20%
Employees
49
Change ▲2.1%
Profit / employee
£18.6k
Revenue/employee £438k
Profitable streak
2yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

2 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Mar 202331 Mar 2024
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£18.8m£21.4m
Cost of sales£14.7m£17.1m
Gross profit£4.1m£4.3m
Operating profit£1.1m£967k
Profit before tax£1.1m£944k
Profit after tax£1.1m£913k
Profit (best available)£1.1m£913k
Staff costs£2m£2.2m
Employees (average)4849
Ratios
Profit margin5.7%4.3%
Gross margin21.6%20%
Revenue per employee£391k£438k
Profit per employee£22.3k£18.6k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲14.4%
Profit growth—▼14.6%
Headcount growth—▲2.1%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£594k£712k
Net assets£3.2m£4.2m
Fixed assets£139k£193k
Current assets£10.9m£13.9m
Debtors£4.4m£5.4m
Deferred income£864k£789k
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
4.3%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
20%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£438k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£18.6k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
0.9%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
3.7%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
25.1%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▲28%
Now £4.2m
Cash at bank
▲20%
Now £712k
Headcount
▲2%
Now 49
Deferred income
▼9%
Now £789k
Fixed assets
▲39%
Now £193k

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Mail Metrics Limited (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
  2. Mail Metrics Business Services UK Limited75–100%
  3. Opus 107 Limited75–100%
  4. Opus Trust Marketing Limited75–100%
  5. Document Outsourcing Group Limited75–100%
  6. Critiqom Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Sister companies (2)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2024 (profit £913k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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