Avicenna Holdings Ltd
Registered name: AVICENNA HOLDINGS LTD
Part of Keystone Bidco B.V. groupAvicenna Holdings Ltd made £1.9m revenue and £444k profit in the year to 31 Jul 2024.
Avicenna Holdings Ltd’s revenue fell 25% to £1.9m in the year to 31 Jul 2024, with £444k profit. The company is classified under “dispensing chemist in specialised stores” and is based in South Croydon; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- South Croydon, London
- Age
- 32 yrs · since 1994
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit & loss | Profit & loss |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £2.5m | £1.9m |
| Cost of sales | −£908k | −£710k |
| Gross profit | £1.6m | £1.1m |
| Operating profit | £494k | £386k |
| Profit before tax | £504k | £444k |
| Profit after tax | £436k | £444k |
| Profit (best available) | £436k | £444k |
| Employees (average) | — | — |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 17.6% | 23.9% |
| Gross margin | 63.2% | 61.7% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼25% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲1.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 23.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 61.7%
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Keystone Bidco B.V. (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Avicenna Holdings Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Avicenna Membership Services LimitedRev. £5.5m · Profit £528k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Jul 2024 (profit £444k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026