Avc Live Limited
Registered name: AVC LIVE LIMITED
Avc Live Limited made £17.7m revenue and a £466k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Avc Live Limited’s revenue grew 8% to £17.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £466k and 140 employees. The company is classified under “other professional, scientific and technical activities” and is based in Uxbridge; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Uxbridge, London
- Age
- 41 yrs · since 1985
- 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 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £14.5m | £16.8m | £16.4m | £17.7m |
| Cost of sales | £12.1m | £13.4m | £13.8m | £15.5m |
| Gross profit | £2.4m | £3.4m | £2.5m | £2.2m |
| Operating profit | £2.3m | −£1.4m | −£879k | −£905k |
| Profit before tax | £3.1m | −£1.1m | −£661k | −£647k |
| Profit after tax | £2.3m | −£953k | −£448k | −£466k |
| Profit (best available) | £2.3m | −£953k | −£448k | −£466k |
| Staff costs | £4.5m | £5.9m | £6.2m | £10.5m |
| Employees (average) | 107 | 150 | 146 | 140 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 15.7% | −5.7% | −2.7% | −2.6% |
| Gross margin | 16.7% | 20% | 15.6% | 12.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £135k | £112k | £112k | £127k |
| Profit per employee | £21.3k | −£6.4k | −£3.1k | −£3.3k |
| Cash conversion | −27.6% | — | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲15.8% | ▼2.6% | ▲8.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼141.8% | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲40.2% | ▼2.7% | ▼4.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.7m | £2.2m | £1.8m | £607k |
| Net assets | £33m | £32m | £31.6m | £31.1m |
| Fixed assets | £21.2m | £21.3m | £21.5m | £20.9m |
| Current assets | £33.2m | £32.7m | £30.3m | £28.6m |
| Debtors | £2.3m | £1.8m | £1.7m | £1.2m |
| Deferred income | £2.1m | £1.6m | £1.1m | £1.8m |
| Cash from operations | −£633k | −£1.8m | £918k | −£223k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −2.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 12.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £127k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£3.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 118.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 10.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 6.8%
- 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
- ▼1%
- Now £31.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼67%
- Now £607k
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 140
- Deferred income
- ▲69%
- Now £1.8m
- Fixed assets
- ▼3%
- Now £20.9m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (2)
- Hawthorn Theatrical LimitedRev. £19.1m · Profit £2m
- Concise LimitedRev. −£33k · Profit −£71k
Minority corporate shareholders
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£466k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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