Axcel Group Limited
Registered name: AXCEL GROUP LIMITED
Axcel Group Limited made £42.8m revenue and £8.8m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024. read from filing text
Axcel Group Limited’s revenue grew 2% to £42.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £8.8m profit and 313 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in Croydon; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Croydon, London
- Age
- 16 yrs · since 2010
- 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 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £42m | £42.8m |
| Cost of sales | £4m | £4.6m |
| Gross profit | £38.1m | £38.2m |
| Operating profit | £19.1m | £17.2m |
| Profit before tax | £11.8m | £11.3m |
| Profit after tax | £9.9m | £8.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £9.9m | £8.8m |
| Employees (average) | 360 | 313 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 23.6% | 20.5% |
| Gross margin | 90.6% | 89.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £117k | £137k |
| Profit per employee | £27.5k | £28k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲1.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼11.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼13.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £212k | £40.2k |
| Net assets | −£6.4m | −£5.9m |
| Fixed assets | £8.5m | £4.3m |
| Current assets | £219k | £69.4k |
| Debtors | £0 | £0 |
| Deferred income | £0 | £0 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 20.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 89.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £137k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £28k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 10%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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 −£5.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▼81%
- Now £40.2k
- Headcount
- ▼13%
- Now 313
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £0
- Fixed assets
- ▼50%
- Now £4.3m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (14)
- Axcel Hospitality (Edinburgh) LimitedRev. £9.4m · Profit £2.1m
- Axcel Hospitality (Bath) LimitedRev. — · Profit £90.5k
- Axcel Hospitality (Gatwick) LimitedRev. — · Profit £1m
- Axcel Hospitality (Inverness) LimitedRev. — · Profit £1m
- Axcel Hospitality (Lansdown) LimitedRev. — · Profit £145k
- Axcel Hospitality (Learmonth) LimitedRev. — · Profit £738k
- Axcel Hospitality (Management) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Axcel Hospitality (Manchester) LimitedRev. — · Profit £601k
- Axcel Hospitality (York) LimitedRev. — · Profit −£102k
- Croydon Hotels LimitedRev. — · Profit £588k
- Edinburgh City Hotels LimitedRev. — · Profit £934k
- Hollin Hill Properties LimitedRev. — · Profit £877k
- Phoenix Collection (Management) LimitedRev. — · Profit £8k
- Phoenix Property Investment Company LimitedRev. — · Profit £56.8k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £8.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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