Simplify Operations Ltd
Registered name: SIMPLIFY OPERATIONS LTD
Part of Permira VIII Investment Platform Limited groupSimplify Operations Ltd made £147k revenue and a £201k loss in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
Simplify Operations Ltd’s revenue was £147k in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with a loss of £201k and 3 employees. The company is classified under “other information technology service activities” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 5 yrs · since 2021
- 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 | 31 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — | £147k |
| Cost of sales | — | — | — | −£12k |
| Gross profit | — | — | — | £135k |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | −£201k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | −£201k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | — | −£201k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | — | −£201k |
| Employees (average) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | −136.3% |
| Gross margin | — | — | — | 91.9% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | — | £49.1k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | — | −£66.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Headcount growth | — | — | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.7k | £173k | £59.9k | — |
| Net assets | −£46.3k | £174k | £54.4k | — |
| Fixed assets | £3.1k | £3.1k | £4.9k | — |
| Current assets | £5.3k | £184k | £137k | — |
| Debtors | £1.5k | £7.6k | £52.2k | — |
| Deferred income | £0 | £12.4k | £80.5k | — |
| Source | FilletedAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FilletedAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FilletedAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | Accounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −136.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 91.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £49.1k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£66.9k
- 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
- 0%
- Now 3
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Permira VIII Investment Platform Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Eightplatform Xiv Limited75–100%
- Kant Topco Limited75–100%
- Kant Midco Limited75–100%
- Kant Midco 1 Limited75–100%
- Kant Bidco Limited75–100%
- Beagle Bidco Limited75–100%
- Darwin Acquisitions Limited75–100%
- The Key Support Services Limited75–100%
- Arbor Education Partners Group Ltd75–100%
- Simplify Operations Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- October Resolutions 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 31 Aug 2025 (profit −£201k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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