Amelco UK Limited
Registered name: AMELCO UK LIMITED
Part of Finsbury Group Ltd groupAmelco UK Limited made £44.2m revenue and £10.6m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2024.
Amelco UK Limited’s revenue grew 47% to £44.2m in the year to 30 Sep 2024, with £10.6m profit and 94 employees. The company is classified under “business and domestic software development” and is based in Rayleigh; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Rayleigh, East of England
- Age
- 20 yrs · since 2006
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £23.9m | £30m | £44.2m |
| Cost of sales | £9.2m | £11.8m | −£14.5m |
| Gross profit | £14.7m | £18.2m | £29.7m |
| Operating profit | £6.6m | £3.3m | £10.9m |
| Profit before tax | £6.6m | £3.5m | £11.6m |
| Profit after tax | £8.3m | £2.6m | £10.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £8.3m | £2.6m | £10.6m |
| Employees (average) | 95 | 100 | 94 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 35% | 8.7% | 24.1% |
| Gross margin | 61.5% | 60.6% | 67.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £251k | £300k | £470k |
| Profit per employee | £87.9k | £26.2k | £113k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲25.8% | ▲47.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼68.6% | ▲306.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5.3% | ▼6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £32m | £36.1m | — |
| Net assets | £16.3m | £16.3m | — |
| Fixed assets | £480k | £211k | — |
| Current assets | £46.1m | £51.9m | — |
| Debtors | £3.2m | £5.5m | — |
| Deferred income | £14.1m | £13.6m | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 24.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 67.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £470k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £113k
- 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
- ▼6%
- Now 94
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Finsbury Group Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Amelco UK Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Amelco Amplify LimitedFigures not disclosed
- DNW Farms LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Sep 2024 (profit £10.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 25 Oct 2026
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