Scott Hughes Design Ltd
Registered name: SCOTT HUGHES DESIGN LTD
Part of Horizon Capital II GP LLP groupScott Hughes Design Ltd made £60k revenue and £48k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2022.
Scott Hughes Design Ltd’s revenue was £60k in the year to 31 Dec 2022, with £48k profit. The company is classified under “architectural activities” and is based in Oxford; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Liquidation
- Location
- Oxford
- Age
- 23 yrs · since 2003
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2020 | 31 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £2.8m | £60k | £60k |
| Cost of sales | −£1.7m | £0 | — |
| Gross profit | £1.1m | £60k | — |
| Operating profit | £504k | £53.5k | £60k |
| Profit before tax | £504k | £53.5k | £60k |
| Profit after tax | £407k | £44.4k | £48k |
| Profit (best available) | £407k | £44.4k | £48k |
| Employees (average) | — | — | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 14.8% | 74% | 80% |
| Gross margin | 39.2% | 100% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | 0% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲8.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2022 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2022 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 80%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
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- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
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- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
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- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
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- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
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- 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
- Horizon Capital II GP LLPultimate parent50–75%
- Rise Topco Limited75–100%
- Rise Holdco Limited75–100%
- Rise Midco Limited75–100%
- Rise Bidco Limited75–100%
- Rise Newco 1 Limited75–100%
- Ridge and Partners LLP75–100%
- Ridge Surveyors Limited75–100%
- Scott Hughes Design Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Upton McGougan LimitedLiquidationFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2022 (profit £48k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2023. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 21 Oct 2026
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