Spreadex Limited
Registered name: SPREADEX LIMITED
Part of Spreadex.com Limited groupSpreadex Limited made £105m revenue and £31.7m profit in the year to 31 May 2025.
Spreadex Limited’s revenue grew 1% to £105m in the year to 31 May 2025, with £31.7m profit and 202 employees. The company is classified under “gambling and betting activities” and is based in ST. Albans; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- ST. Albans, East of England
- Age
- 27 yrs · since 1999
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 | 31 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £88.8m | £103m | £105m |
| Cost of sales | −£12.6m | −£14.2m | −£12.9m |
| Gross profit | £76.2m | £89m | £91.6m |
| Operating profit | £34.5m | £39.8m | £40.1m |
| Profit before tax | £35.3m | £42.2m | £43.2m |
| Profit after tax | £28.2m | £32.4m | £31.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £28.2m | £32.4m | £31.7m |
| Employees (average) | 172 | 193 | 202 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 31.7% | 31.4% | 30.3% |
| Gross margin | 85.8% | 86.2% | 87.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £517k | £535k | £518k |
| Profit per employee | £164k | £168k | £157k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲16.2% | ▲1.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲15% | ▼2.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲12.2% | ▲4.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 30.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 87.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £518k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £157k
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲5%
- Now 202
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Spreadex.com Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Spreadex Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Sporting Index LimitedFigures 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 May 2025 (profit £31.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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