Activate Group Holdings Limited
Registered name: ACTIVATE GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED
Part of Elysian Capital LLP groupActivate Group Holdings Limited made £175m revenue and a £6.1m loss in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Activate Group Holdings Limited’s revenue grew 48% to £175m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with a loss of £6.1m and 936 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Halifax; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Halifax, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 3 yrs · since 2023
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £118m | £175m |
| Cost of sales | −£90.4m | −£127m |
| Gross profit | £27.8m | £48.1m |
| Operating profit | £627k | −£2.7m |
| Profit before tax | −£1.8m | −£6.7m |
| Profit after tax | −£2.1m | −£6.1m |
| Profit (best available) | −£2.1m | −£6.1m |
| Employees (average) | 770 | 936 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −1.7% | −3.5% |
| Gross margin | 23.5% | 27.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £154k | £187k |
| Profit per employee | −£2.7k | −£6.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲48.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲21.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −3.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 27.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £187k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£6.5k
- 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
- ▲22%
- Now 936
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Elysian Capital LLPultimate parent75–100%
- Elysian Capital GP III (Scotland) Limited50–75%
- Elysian Capital GP III LLP75–100%
- Activate Group Holdings Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Silvact Midco LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (2)
- Aghoco 2080 LimitedRev. £57.7m · Profit −£16m
- Elysian Capital III Holdco LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit −£6.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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