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Company No. 02881781 · Incorporated 17 Dec 1993

Climax Studios Limited

Registered name: CLIMAX STUDIOS LIMITED

Part of Houting Topco UK Limited group

Climax Studios Limited made £30.1m revenue and £5.3m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text

Climax Studios Limited’s revenue grew 15% to £30.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £5.3m profit and 225 employees. The company is classified under “information technology consultancy activities” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection J · Information and communicationSIC 62020Information technology consultancy activities
Status
Active
Location
London, London
Age
32 yrs · since 1993
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. From the filing: “The immediate parent undertaking is Keywords UK Holdings Limited, a company incorporated in England & Wales”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2025

Key figures

Capital-light
Revenue
£30.1m
Growth ▲15%
Profit
£5.3m
Growth ▼49.3%
Profit margin
17.8%
Gross 32.6%
Employees
225
Change ▲8.7%
Profit / employee
£23.7k
Revenue/employee £134k
Profitable streak
4yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

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

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Dec 202231 Dec 202331 Dec 202431 Dec 2025
DisclosureProfit onlyFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)—£22.6m£26.2m£30.1m
Cost of sales£5.6m£8.2m£11.8m£20.3m
Gross profit—£11.1m£14.4m£9.8m
Operating profit—£7.6m£8.9m£4.5m
Profit before tax—£8.6m£9.9m£5.4m
Profit after tax£6.4m£7.6m£10.5m£5.3m
Profit (best available)£6.4m£7.6m£10.5m£5.3m
Staff costs£5.7m£7.3m£10.3m£11.5m
Employees (average)133155207225
Ratios
Profit margin—33.8%40.3%17.8%
Gross margin—49%55%32.6%
Revenue per employee—£146k£126k£134k
Profit per employee£48.1k£49.2k£50.9k£23.7k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth——▲15.8%▲15%
Profit growth—▲19.3%▲38.2%▼49.3%
Headcount growth—▲16.5%▲33.6%▲8.7%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£1.6m£0——
Net assets£14.6m£6.6m£10.8m£8.4m
Fixed assets£342k£1.5m£1.6m£1.7m
Current assets£16.1m£14.4m£11.1m£8m
Debtors£1m£1.5m£2.2m£1.2m
Deferred income£313k£599k£761k£245k
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
17.8%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
32.6%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£134k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£23.7k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
5.6%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
0.8%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
4%
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
▼23%
Now £8.4m
Cash at bank
—
Now —
Headcount
▲9%
Now 225
Deferred income
▼68%
Now £245k
Fixed assets
▲6%
Now £1.7m

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. Houting Topco UK Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Houting Midco Limited75–100%
  3. Houting UK Limited75–100%
  4. Keywords Studios Limited75–100%
  5. Keywords UK Holdings Limited75–100%
  6. Climax Studios Limitedthis company

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

Subsidiaries (1)

Sister companies (19)

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 Dec 2025 (profit £5.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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