Access Computer Consulting PLC
Registered name: ACCESS COMPUTER CONSULTING PLC
Access Computer Consulting PLC made £3m revenue and a £196k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Access Computer Consulting PLC’s revenue fell 50% to £3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £196k and 7 employees. The company is classified under “business and domestic software development” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 30 yrs · since 1996
- Type
- Public 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&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £15.7m | £8.8m | £5.9m | £3m |
| Cost of sales | £13.7m | £7.8m | £4.9m | £2.8m |
| Gross profit | £2m | £975k | £977k | £157k |
| Operating profit | £871k | £296k | £140k | −£349k |
| Profit before tax | £875k | £374k | £410k | −£261k |
| Profit after tax | £706k | £284k | £310k | −£196k |
| Profit (best available) | £706k | £284k | £310k | −£196k |
| Staff costs | £792k | £591k | £573k | £249k |
| Employees (average) | 12 | 12 | 12 | 7 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4.5% | 3.2% | 5.3% | −6.6% |
| Gross margin | 12.7% | 11.1% | 16.6% | 5.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.3m | £730k | £490k | £422k |
| Profit per employee | £58.9k | £23.7k | £25.9k | −£28.1k |
| Cash conversion | −269.7% | −210.3% | −458.9% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼44.3% | ▼32.9% | ▼49.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼59.8% | ▲9.1% | ▼163.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | ▼41.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £6.8m | £7.5m | £8m | £7.5m |
| Net assets | £8.3m | £8.6m | £8.6m | £8.2m |
| Fixed assets | £554 | £416 | £312 | £234 |
| Current assets | £8.7m | £9.2m | £8.8m | £8.3m |
| Debtors | £1.4m | £924k | £373k | £327k |
| Deferred income | £195k | £479k | £43.4k | £117k |
| Cash from operations | −£2.3m | −£622k | −£642k | £257k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −6.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 5.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £422k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£28.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11.1%
- 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
- ▼5%
- Now £8.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼7%
- Now £7.5m
- Headcount
- ▼42%
- Now 7
- Deferred income
- ▲170%
- Now £117k
- Fixed assets
- ▼25%
- Now £234
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£196k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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