Artefact UK Ltd
Registered name: ARTEFACT UK LTD
Part of Artefact Sas groupArtefact 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”
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) | £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) | 82 | 99 | 110 | — |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 20.6% | 12.9% | 6.4% | 9.6% |
| Gross margin | 48.4% | 38.1% | 30.7% | 31.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £170k | £135k | £155k | — |
| Profit per employee | £35k | £17.3k | £9.9k | — |
| Cash conversion | 88.9% | 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 | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2026 |
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
- —
- 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
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
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- Now —
- Headcount
- —
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- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Artefact Sas (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Artefact UK Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- 4PS Marketing LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
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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