Next Ventures Limited
Registered name: NEXT VENTURES LIMITED
Part of Next Ventures Group Holding Limited groupNext Ventures Limited made £81m revenue and £4.8m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Next Ventures Limited’s revenue fell 10% to £81m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £4.8m profit and 96 employees. 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
- 26 yrs · since 2000
- 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 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) | £90.4m | £97.3m | £89.7m | £81m |
| Cost of sales | £68.4m | £74.6m | £69.4m | £62.6m |
| Gross profit | £22m | £22.8m | £20.3m | £18.4m |
| Operating profit | £8.2m | £6.9m | £4.9m | £5.9m |
| Profit before tax | £8.2m | £6.8m | £5.2m | £6.4m |
| Profit after tax | £6.5m | £5.1m | £3.9m | £4.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £6.5m | £5.1m | £3.9m | £4.8m |
| Staff costs | £11.9m | £12.9m | £11.5m | £11m |
| Employees (average) | 97 | 106 | 96 | 96 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 7.1% | 5.3% | 4.4% | 6% |
| Gross margin | 24.4% | 23.4% | 22.6% | 22.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £932k | £918k | £934k | £844k |
| Profit per employee | £66.5k | £48.3k | £41k | £50.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲7.6% | ▼7.8% | ▼9.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼20.7% | ▼23.1% | ▲22.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲9.3% | ▼9.4% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.3m | £269k | £12.6m | £13.5m |
| Net assets | £17.2m | £22.3m | £26.3m | £31.2m |
| Fixed assets | £197k | £171k | £139k | £205k |
| Current assets | £40m | £35.7m | £41.7m | £44.9m |
| Debtors | £24.8m | £23.6m | £16.6m | £15.5m |
| Deferred income | £1.9m | £1.8m | £1.3m | £1.5m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 22.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £844k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £50.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 19.1%
- 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
- ▲18%
- Now £31.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲7%
- Now £13.5m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 96
- Deferred income
- ▲14%
- Now £1.5m
- Fixed assets
- ▲48%
- Now £205k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Next Ventures Group Holding Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Next Ventures Group Limited75–100%
- Next Ventures Holdings Limited75–100%
- Next Ventures Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Next Ventures Consulting LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £4.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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