Spafax Airline Network Limited
Registered name: SPAFAX AIRLINE NETWORK LIMITED
Part of Wpp Plc groupSpafax Airline Network Limited made £29m revenue and £6.5m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Spafax Airline Network Limited’s revenue grew 28% to £29m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £6.5m profit and 150 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London
- Age
- 41 yrs · since 1985
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £22.7m | £29m |
| Cost of sales | −£11.5m | −£16.8m |
| Gross profit | £11.2m | £12.2m |
| Operating profit | £4.2m | £7.2m |
| Profit before tax | £4.1m | £7.6m |
| Profit after tax | £3.7m | £6.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.7m | £6.5m |
| Employees (average) | 114 | 150 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 16.2% | 22.6% |
| Gross margin | 49.4% | 42% |
| Revenue per employee | £199k | £193k |
| Profit per employee | £32.4k | £43.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲27.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲77.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲31.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 22.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 42%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £193k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £43.6k
- 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 150
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Wpp Plc (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- WPP Jubilee Limited75–100%
- WPP MR Overseas Media Holdings Limited75–100%
- WPP 2005 Limited75–100%
- WPP Group (UK) Ltd75–100%
- Spafax Airline Network Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
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From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £6.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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