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Company No. 00865285 · Incorporated 30 Nov 1965

Vistra Limited

Registered name: VISTRA LIMITED

Part of Eqt Ab group

Vistra Limited made £4.9m revenue and £577k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2022.

Vistra Limited’s revenue fell 9% to £4.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2022, with £577k profit and 49 employees. The company is classified under “data processing, hosting and related activities” and is based in Bristol; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.

Status
Active
Location
Bristol, South West
Age
60 yrs · since 1965
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: “The immediate parent of Vistra Limited is Vistra Holdings (UK) Limited, a company incorporated in the United Kingdom and registered in England and Wales, at 7th Floor 50 Broadway, London, United Kingd”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2022

Key figures

Capital-light
Revenue
£4.9m
Growth ▼9.1%
Profit
£577k
Growth ▲3%
Profit margin
11.8%
Gross 61.4%
Employees
49
Change ▼37.2%
Profit / employee
£11.8k
Revenue/employee £99.9k
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 Dec 202131 Dec 2022
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£5.4m£4.9m
Cost of sales£2m£1.9m
Gross profit£3.4m£3m
Operating profit£403k£608k
Profit before tax£660k£620k
Profit after tax£560k£577k
Profit (best available)£560k£577k
Employees (average)7849
Ratios
Profit margin10.4%11.8%
Gross margin63.3%61.4%
Revenue per employee£69k£99.9k
Profit per employee£7.2k£11.8k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▼9.1%
Profit growth—▲3%
Headcount growth—▼37.2%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£1m£2.3m
Net assets£6.6m£7.1m
Fixed assets£149k£267k
Current assets£19m£26.1m
Debtors£575k£676k
Deferred income£2.1m£588k
SourceAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
11.8%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
61.4%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£99.9k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£11.8k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
5.5%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
12%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
13.8%
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
▲9%
Now £7.1m
Cash at bank
▲124%
Now £2.3m
Headcount
▼37%
Now 49
Deferred income
▼72%
Now £588k
Fixed assets
▲79%
Now £267k

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. Eqt Ab (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
  2. Vistra Holdings (UK) Limited75–100%
  3. Vistra Limitedthis company

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

Subsidiaries (1)

Sister companies (7)

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

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Sources

Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2022 (profit £577k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2023. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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