Activefence Limited
Registered name: ACTIVEFENCE LIMITED
Activefence Limited made £2.9m revenue and £74.4k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Activefence Limited’s revenue grew 42% to £2.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £74.4k profit and 29 employees. The company is classified under “other information technology service activities” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 4 yrs · since 2022
- 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 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £2.2m | £2m | £2.9m |
| Cost of sales | −£167k | −£456k | −£1.2m |
| Gross profit | £2.1m | £1.6m | £1.7m |
| Operating profit | — | £15.2k | £125k |
| Profit before tax | −£24.2k | £15.2k | £125k |
| Profit after tax | −£61.8k | −£15.5k | £74.4k |
| Profit (best available) | −£61.8k | −£15.5k | £74.4k |
| Employees (average) | 23 | 22 | 29 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −2.8% | −0.8% | 2.6% |
| Gross margin | 92.5% | 77.4% | 58.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £96.7k | £91.8k | £98.8k |
| Profit per employee | −£2.7k | −£705 | £2.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼9.3% | ▲42% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4.3% | ▲31.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 58.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £98.8k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.6k
- 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
- ▲32%
- Now 29
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £74.4k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 12 Oct 2026
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