Alamy Limited
Registered name: ALAMY LIMITED
Part of Pa Media Group Limited groupAlamy Limited made £33m revenue and £5.7m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Alamy Limited’s revenue fell 2% to £33m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £5.7m profit and 75 employees. The company is classified under “photographic activities not elsewhere classified” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London
- Age
- 27 yrs · since 1999
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £34.6m | £33.9m | £33m |
| Operating profit | £4.6m | £4.8m | £4.6m |
| Profit before tax | £5.2m | £5.5m | £6m |
| Profit after tax | £5m | £5.4m | £5.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £5m | £5.4m | £5.7m |
| Employees (average) | 85 | 86 | 75 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 14.4% | 16% | 17.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £407k | £394k | £441k |
| Profit per employee | £58.9k | £62.8k | £76k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼2.2% | ▼2.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲7.9% | ▲5.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.2% | ▼12.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 17.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £441k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £76k
- 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
- ▼13%
- Now 75
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Pa Media Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- The Press Association Limited75–100%
- Alamy Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (8)
- Stream UK Media Services LimitedRev. £11m · Profit £445k
- Ebs New Media LtdRev. £2.5m · Profit £1.6m
- Wearehydrogen LtdRev. £2.3m · Profit −£373k
- Pa Media LimitedRev. — · Profit £1.2m
- Pa Photos LimitedRev. — · Profit −£34k
- Podium Sports LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Social Media Training School LtdFigures not disclosed
- The Scottish Press Association LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £5.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 22 Oct 2026
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