Aviva Employment Services Limited
Registered name: AVIVA EMPLOYMENT SERVICES LIMITED
Part of Aviva PLC groupAviva Employment Services Limited made £1.6bn revenue and £20m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Aviva Employment Services Limited’s revenue grew 18% to £1.6bn in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £20m profit and 19,168 employees. The company is classified under “other service activities” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 29 yrs · since 1996
- 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: “Aviva Central Services UK Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.4bn | £1.6bn |
| Cost of sales | £1.4bn | £1.6bn |
| Gross profit | −£20m | −£12m |
| Profit after tax | £22m | £20m |
| Profit (best available) | £22m | £20m |
| Employees (average) | 17,238 | 19,168 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 1.6% | 1.2% |
| Gross margin | −1.5% | −0.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £80.1k | £84.8k |
| Profit per employee | £1.3k | £1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲17.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼9.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲11.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £40m | £55m |
| Net assets | £529m | £667m |
| Cash from operations | £4m | £15m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- −0.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £84.8k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1k
- 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
- ▲26%
- Now £667m
- Cash at bank
- ▲38%
- Now £55m
- Headcount
- ▲11%
- Now 19,168
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Aviva PLCultimate parent75–100%
- Aviva Group Holdings Limited75–100%
- Aviva Central Services UK Limited75–100%
- Aviva Employment Services 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).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £20m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 12 Oct 2026
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