Tomorrow's Guides Limited
Registered name: TOMORROW'S GUIDES LIMITED
Part of Apfm UK Limited groupTomorrow's Guides Limited made £13.8m revenue and £3.1m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Tomorrow's Guides Limited’s revenue grew 10% to £13.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £3.1m profit and 115 employees. The company is classified under “other publishing activities” and is based in Hungerford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Hungerford, South East
- Age
- 32 yrs · since 1994
- 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: “Apex Super Parent, L.P”
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) | £9.7m | £11.1m | £12.5m | £13.8m |
| Cost of sales | £970k | £1.3m | £1.4m | £1.6m |
| Gross profit | £8.7m | £9.8m | £11.1m | £12.1m |
| Operating profit | £3.8m | £3.9m | £4.2m | £3.5m |
| Profit before tax | £3.8m | £4m | £4.2m | £3.6m |
| Profit after tax | £3.4m | £3.4m | £3.6m | £3.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.4m | £3.4m | £3.6m | £3.1m |
| Staff costs | £3.6m | £4.3m | £4.7m | £5.5m |
| Employees (average) | 85 | 98 | 107 | 115 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 35.1% | 30.7% | 28.5% | 22.2% |
| Gross margin | 90% | 88.3% | 88.7% | 88.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £114k | £113k | £116k | £120k |
| Profit per employee | £40k | £34.7k | £33.2k | £26.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲13.9% | ▲12.7% | ▲10.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼0.2% | ▲4.5% | ▼13.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲15.3% | ▲9.2% | ▲7.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £584k | £1.2m | £627k | £942k |
| Net assets | £535k | £902k | £672k | £737k |
| Fixed assets | £1.9m | £2.4m | £2.8m | £3.3m |
| Current assets | £4.1m | £5.2m | £5m | £5.7m |
| Debtors | £2.7m | £3.2m | £3.4m | £3.8m |
| Deferred income | £4.3m | £5m | £5.6m | £6.4m |
| 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
- 22.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 88.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £120k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £26.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 23.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 46.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 27.4%
- 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
- ▲10%
- Now £737k
- Cash at bank
- ▲50%
- Now £942k
- Headcount
- ▲7%
- Now 115
- Deferred income
- ▲14%
- Now £6.4m
- Fixed assets
- ▲16%
- Now £3.3m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Apfm UK Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Tomorrow's Net Ltd75–100%
- Tomorrow's Guides Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
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 £3.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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