Obscura Creative Ltd.
Registered name: OBSCURA CREATIVE LTD.
Obscura Creative Ltd. made £48.5k revenue and £17k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Obscura Creative Ltd.’s revenue fell 44% to £48.5k in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £17k profit and -1 employees. The company is classified under “other specialist photography” and is based in Middlewich; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Middlewich, North West
- Age
- 7 yrs · since 2018
- 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) | £62.8k | £85.9k | £48.5k |
| Profit after tax | £25k | £41.1k | £17k |
| Profit (best available) | £25k | £41.1k | £17k |
| Staff costs | £15.4k | £25.6k | £8.9k |
| Employees (average) | -1 | -1 | -1 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 39.8% | 47.9% | 35.1% |
| Revenue per employee | −£62.8k | −£85.9k | −£48.5k |
| Profit per employee | −£25k | −£41.1k | −£17k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲36.9% | ▼43.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲64.7% | ▼58.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | £12.7k | £23.8k | £8.7k |
| Fixed assets | £5.2k | £10k | £8.1k |
| Current assets | £18.3k | £19.8k | £10.6k |
| Deferred income | £3k | £3k | £3k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 35.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- −£48.5k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£17k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 16.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 6.1%
- 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
- ▼64%
- Now £8.7k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now -1
- Deferred income
- 0%
- Now £3k
- Fixed assets
- ▼19%
- Now £8.1k
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 £17k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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