Tensator Holdings Ltd
Registered name: TENSATOR HOLDINGS LTD
Part of Rcapital Investments LLP groupTensator Holdings Ltd made £18.6m revenue and a £2m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Tensator Holdings Ltd’s revenue fell 9% to £18.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £2m. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Milton Keynes; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Milton Keynes
- Age
- 18 yrs · since 2008
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
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) | £22m | £20.5m | £18.6m |
| Cost of sales | −£10.5m | −£8.8m | −£8.2m |
| Gross profit | £11.5m | £11.7m | £10.4m |
| Operating profit | −£2.9m | £1.1m | −£118k |
| Profit before tax | −£4.1m | −£531k | −£1.7m |
| Profit after tax | −£4.9m | −£1.5m | −£2m |
| Profit (best available) | −£4.9m | −£1.5m | −£2m |
| Employees (average) | 120 | 127 | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −22.3% | −7.1% | −10.8% |
| Gross margin | 52.3% | 57.1% | 56% |
| Revenue per employee | £183k | £161k | — |
| Profit per employee | −£40.8k | −£11.5k | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼6.6% | ▼9.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5.8% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −10.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 56%
- 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
- Rcapital Investments LLPultimate parent50–75%
- Tensator Topco Limited75–100%
- Tensator Holdings Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Tensator Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
Minority corporate shareholders
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit −£2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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