Unity Five Group Limited
Registered name: UNITY FIVE GROUP LIMITED
Part of Synova LLP groupUnity Five Group Limited made £12.9m revenue and a £7.9m loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Unity Five Group Limited’s revenue grew 26% to £12.9m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £7.9m and 73 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Exeter; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Exeter
- Age
- 4 yrs · since 2022
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10.3m | £12.9m |
| Cost of sales | −£2.9m | −£4.5m |
| Gross profit | £7.4m | £8.4m |
| Operating profit | −£2m | −£1.4m |
| Profit before tax | −£8m | −£7.8m |
| Profit after tax | −£8.5m | −£7.9m |
| Profit (best available) | −£8.5m | −£7.9m |
| Employees (average) | 56 | 73 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −82.4% | −61.4% |
| Gross margin | 71.7% | 65% |
| Revenue per employee | £183k | £177k |
| Profit per employee | −£151k | −£109k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲26% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲30.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2026 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −61.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 65%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £177k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£109k
- 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
- ▲30%
- Now 73
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Synova LLPultimate parent75–100%
- Synova Capital Corporate I Limited75–100%
- Synova Capital GP 6 Limited50–75%
- Unity Five Group Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Snap Midco LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (3)
- Synova Blocker GP IV LLPFigures not disclosed
- Synova Capital GP IV LLPFigures not disclosed
- Synova Investment GP IV LLPFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit −£7.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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