Meridian Audio Limited
Registered name: MERIDIAN AUDIO LIMITED
Meridian Audio Limited made £8.9m revenue and a £253k loss in the year to 31 May 2025. read from filing text
Meridian Audio Limited’s revenue fell 26% to £8.9m in the year to 31 May 2025, with a loss of £253k and 71 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of consumer electronics” and is based in Cambridgeshire; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cambridgeshire, East of England
- Age
- 34 yrs · since 1992
- 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 May 2022 | 31 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 | 31 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £8.6m | £9.4m | £12.1m | £8.9m |
| Cost of sales | £3.3m | £3.6m | £3.9m | £3.5m |
| Gross profit | £5.4m | £5.8m | £8.1m | £5.5m |
| Operating profit | £1.6m | £1m | £2m | £22.8k |
| Profit before tax | £1.4m | £752k | £1.8m | −£226k |
| Profit after tax | £1.2m | £542k | £945k | −£253k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.2m | £542k | £945k | −£253k |
| Staff costs | £3.1m | £3.2m | £3.7m | £3.2m |
| Employees (average) | 66 | 74 | 76 | 71 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 13.9% | 5.8% | 7.8% | −2.8% |
| Gross margin | 62.3% | 61.5% | 67.4% | 61.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £131k | £127k | £159k | £126k |
| Profit per employee | £18.1k | £7.3k | £12.4k | −£3.6k |
| Cash conversion | −9.5% | 52.7% | 67.2% | −4664% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲8.7% | ▲28.7% | ▼26.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼54.7% | ▲74.3% | ▼126.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲12.1% | ▲2.7% | ▼6.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £15.9k | £57.1k | £96.2k | £1.7k |
| Net assets | £5.9m | £4.4m | £6.3m | £6.2m |
| Fixed assets | £8.4m | £7.6m | £2.8m | £3.6m |
| Current assets | £4.8m | £5.8m | £6.2m | £5.9m |
| Debtors | £293k | £697k | £385k | £335k |
| Deferred income | £491k | £448k | £356k | £129k |
| Cash from operations | −£156k | £529k | £1.3m | −£1.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −2.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 61.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £126k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£3.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −4664%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 40.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3.8%
- 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
- ▼1%
- Now £6.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼98%
- Now £1.7k
- Headcount
- ▼7%
- Now 71
- Deferred income
- ▼64%
- Now £129k
- Fixed assets
- ▲30%
- Now £3.6m
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 May 2025 (profit −£253k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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