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Company No. 03718732 · Incorporated 18 Feb 1999

Attends Limited

Registered name: ATTENDS LIMITED

Part of Zither L Investments Sarl group

Attends Limited made £35.9m revenue and £635k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.

Attends Limited’s revenue grew 15% to £35.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £635k profit and 23 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of pharmaceutical goods” and is based in Wakefield; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection G · Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehiclesSIC 46460Wholesale of pharmaceutical goods
Status
Active
Location
Wakefield, Yorkshire and The Humber
Age
27 yrs · since 1999
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 Dec 2024

Key figures

Capital-lightDoing more with less
Revenue
£35.9m
Growth ▲14.9%
Profit
£635k
Growth ▲14.7%
Profit margin
1.8%
Gross 16.2%
Employees
23
Change ▼4.2%
Profit / employee
£27.6k
Revenue/employee £1.6m
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 202331 Dec 2024
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£31.3m£35.9m
Cost of sales£25.9m£30.1m
Gross profit£5.3m£5.8m
Operating profit£485k£531k
Profit before tax£554k£851k
Profit after tax£554k£635k
Profit (best available)£554k£635k
Employees (average)2423
Ratios
Profit margin1.8%1.8%
Gross margin17.1%16.2%
Revenue per employee£1.3m£1.6m
Profit per employee£23.1k£27.6k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲14.9%
Profit growth—▲14.7%
Headcount growth—▼4.2%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£395k£1.9m
Net assets£7.9m£8.5m
Fixed assets£4.3k£7k
Current assets£9.3m£11.9m
Debtors£4.3m£6.8m
Deferred income£230k£238k
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
1.8%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
16.2%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£1.6m
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£27.6k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
0%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
0.7%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
18.8%
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
▲8%
Now £8.5m
Cash at bank
▲385%
Now £1.9m
Headcount
▼4%
Now 23
Deferred income
▲3%
Now £238k
Fixed assets
▲61%
Now £7k

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. Zither L Investments Sarl (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
  2. Attends Limitedthis company

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

Minority corporate shareholders

  • Journey Personal Care Holdings Ltd. (registered outside the UK register)

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

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Sources

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £635k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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