Mauve Corporate Systems UK Limited
Registered name: MAUVE CORPORATE SYSTEMS UK LIMITED
Mauve Corporate Systems UK Limited made £31.4m revenue and £164k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Mauve Corporate Systems UK Limited’s revenue fell 17% to £31.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £164k profit and 347 employees. The company is classified under “management consultancy activities other than financial management” and is based in York; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- York, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 27 yrs · since 1999
- 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 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £38m | £31.4m |
| Cost of sales | £34.1m | £27.6m |
| Gross profit | £3.9m | £3.8m |
| Operating profit | £912k | £227k |
| Profit before tax | £912k | £227k |
| Profit after tax | £673k | £164k |
| Profit (best available) | £673k | £164k |
| Staff costs | £25.5m | £28.8m |
| Employees (average) | 387 | 347 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 1.8% | 0.5% |
| Gross margin | 10.4% | 12.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £98.2k | £90.5k |
| Profit per employee | £1.7k | £472 |
| Cash conversion | −138% | −613.4% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼17.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼75.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼10.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £3.6m | £2.1m |
| Net assets | £4.2m | £4.3m |
| Fixed assets | £101k | £77.2k |
| Current assets | £9.2m | £7.6m |
| Debtors | £1.2m | £1.3m |
| Deferred income | £4m | £2.1m |
| Cash from operations | −£1.3m | −£1.4m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 12.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £90.5k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £472
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −613.4%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 6.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 4%
- 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
- ▲4%
- Now £4.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼41%
- Now £2.1m
- Headcount
- ▼10%
- Now 347
- Deferred income
- ▼47%
- Now £2.1m
- Fixed assets
- ▼24%
- Now £77.2k
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 Dec 2024 (profit £164k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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