Zetica Limited
Registered name: ZETICA LIMITED
Zetica Limited made £8.7m revenue and £238k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Zetica Limited’s revenue fell 16% to £8.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £238k profit and 111 employees. The company is classified under “other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering” and is based in Witney; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Witney, South East
- Age
- 26 yrs · since 2000
- 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 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £9.1m | £10.4m | £8.7m |
| Cost of sales | £3.9m | £4.6m | £4.4m |
| Gross profit | £5.2m | £5.7m | £4.3m |
| Profit before tax | £1.2m | £1.1m | £239k |
| Profit after tax | £1m | £882k | £238k |
| Profit (best available) | £1m | £882k | £238k |
| Staff costs | £3.6m | £4.3m | £4.4m |
| Employees (average) | 101 | 107 | 111 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 11% | 8.5% | 2.7% |
| Gross margin | 56.8% | 55.4% | 49.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £90.2k | £96.8k | £78.3k |
| Profit per employee | £9.9k | £8.2k | £2.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲13.7% | ▼16.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼12.2% | ▼73% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5.9% | ▲3.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £4.2m | £3.8m | £4.5m |
| Net assets | £8.6m | £9.3m | £9.5m |
| Fixed assets | £3.9m | £4m | £3.9m |
| Current assets | £6.2m | £7m | £6.7m |
| Debtors | £1.6m | £2.8m | £1.8m |
| Cash from operations | £1.4m | £526k | £1.3m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 49.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £78.3k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 45.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 21%
- 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
- ▲2%
- Now £9.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲19%
- Now £4.5m
- Headcount
- ▲4%
- Now 111
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼2%
- Now £3.9m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £238k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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