Axelos Limited
Registered name: AXELOS LIMITED
Part of Peoplecert Holdings UK Ltd groupAxelos Limited made £25m revenue and £6.5m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Axelos Limited’s revenue grew 7% to £25m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £6.5m profit and 16 employees. The company is classified under “leasing of intellectual property and similar products, except copyright works” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London
- Age
- 13 yrs · since 2013
- 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) | £21.3m | £23.4m | £25m |
| Cost of sales | −£4.1m | −£4.5m | −£4.4m |
| Gross profit | £17.3m | £18.9m | £20.6m |
| Operating profit | £13.6m | £14.4m | £15.6m |
| Profit before tax | £8.8m | £9.3m | £10.2m |
| Profit after tax | £8.1m | £7.6m | £6.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £8.1m | £7.6m | £6.5m |
| Employees (average) | 40 | 29 | 16 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 38% | 32.3% | 26.1% |
| Gross margin | 80.9% | 80.7% | 82.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £533k | £808k | £1.6m |
| Profit per employee | £202k | £261k | £407k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲9.9% | ▲6.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼6.4% | ▼14.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼27.5% | ▼44.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 26.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 82.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.6m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £407k
- 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
- ▼45%
- Now 16
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Peoplecert Holdings UK Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Peoplecert Wisdom Holdings Limited75–100%
- Peoplecert Wisdom Limited75–100%
- Axelos Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- City & Guilds LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Peoplecert UK Property 1 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Peoplecert Wisdom Issuer PLCFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £6.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 21 Oct 2026
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