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Company No. 02730700 · Incorporated 13 Jul 1992

Ethos Communication Solutions Limited

Registered name: ETHOS COMMUNICATION SOLUTIONS LIMITED

Part of Ethos Group Holdings Limited group

Ethos Communication Solutions Limited made £16.5m revenue and £337k profit in the year to 31 May 2024.

Ethos Communication Solutions Limited’s revenue fell 11% to £16.5m in the year to 31 May 2024, with £337k profit and 91 employees. The company is classified under “other information technology service activities” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection J · Information and communicationSIC 62090Other information technology service activities
Status
In Administration
Location
London, London
Age
34 yrs · since 1992
Type
Private Limited Company

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.

Latest accounts · year to 31 May 2024

Key figures

Capital-light
Revenue
£16.5m
Growth ▼11.1%
Profit
£337k
Growth ▼81.1%
Profit margin
2%
Gross 49.3%
Employees
91
Change 0%
Profit / employee
£3.7k
Revenue/employee £181k
Profitable streak
3yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

3 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 May 202231 May 202331 May 2024
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£17.8m£18.6m£16.5m
Cost of sales£8.5m£9m£8.4m
Gross profit£9.3m£9.5m£8.1m
Operating profit£2m£2.1m£541k
Profit before tax£1.7m£2m£443k
Profit after tax£2.2m£1.8m£337k
Profit (best available)£2.2m£1.8m£337k
Staff costs£5m£4.6m£4.4m
Employees (average)1049191
Ratios
Profit margin12.3%9.6%2%
Gross margin52.2%51.3%49.3%
Revenue per employee£171k£204k£181k
Profit per employee£21k£19.5k£3.7k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲4.2%▼11.1%
Profit growth—▼18.6%▼81.1%
Headcount growth—▼12.5%0%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£101k£157£213k
Net assets£8.3m£10.1m£9.3m
Fixed assets£296k£214k£140k
Current assets£18.7m£20.9m£23.2m
Debtors£1.7m£1.3m£1.3m
Deferred income£2m£2.1m£1.7m
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
2%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
49.3%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£181k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£3.7k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
0.9%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
10%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
7.8%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▼9%
Now £9.3m
Cash at bank
▲135689%
Now £213k
Headcount
0%
Now 91
Deferred income
▼22%
Now £1.7m
Fixed assets
▼34%
Now £140k

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Ethos Group Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Ethos Communication Solutions Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Sister companies (3)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 May 2024 (profit £337k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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