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Company No. 03538849 · Incorporated 1 Apr 1998

Artefact UK Ltd

Registered name: ARTEFACT UK LTD

Part of Artefact Sas group

Artefact UK Ltd made £13.8m revenue and £1.3m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.

Artefact UK Ltd’s revenue fell 19% to £13.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.3m profit. The company is classified under “information technology consultancy activities” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.

Status
Active
Location
London, London
Age
28 yrs · since 1998
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: “Artefact SAS”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2025

Key figures

Capital-lightCash flow filed
Revenue
£13.8m
Growth ▼19.1%
Profit
£1.3m
Growth ▲21.4%
Profit margin
9.6%
Gross 31.1%
Employees
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Change —
Profit / employee
—
 
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
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£13.9m£13.3m£17m£13.8m
Cost of sales£7.2m£8.3m−£11.8m−£9.5m
Gross profit£6.7m£5.1m£5.2m£4.3m
Operating profit£3.2m£1.7m£1.3m£1.3m
Profit before tax——£1.4m£1.6m
Profit after tax£2.9m£1.7m£1.1m£1.3m
Profit (best available)£2.9m£1.7m£1.1m£1.3m
Staff costs£7.6m£7.9m——
Employees (average)8299110—
Ratios
Profit margin20.6%12.9%6.4%9.6%
Gross margin48.4%38.1%30.7%31.1%
Revenue per employee£170k£135k£155k—
Profit per employee£35k£17.3k£9.9k—
Cash conversion88.9%28%——
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▼4.2%▲27.5%▼19.1%
Profit growth—▼40.3%▼36.3%▲21.4%
Headcount growth—▲20.7%▲11.1%—
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£6.1m£6.1m——
Net assets£6.6m£8.3m——
Fixed assets£66.7k£43.5k——
Current assets£12.6m£14.5m——
Deferred income£535k£599k——
Cash from operations£2.8m£471k——
SourceAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024Accounts · bulk data Dec 2025Accounts · bulk data Oct 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
9.6%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
31.1%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
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Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
—
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
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Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
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Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
—
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
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Cash at bank
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Headcount
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Deferred income
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Fixed assets
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Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Artefact Sas (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
  2. Artefact UK Ltdthis company

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

Subsidiaries (1)

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

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Sources

Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £1.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026

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