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Company No. 04109894 · Incorporated 17 Nov 2000

Essanet Limited

Registered name: ESSANET LIMITED

Part of Essanet Trustee Limited group

Essanet Limited made £68.3m revenue and £2.3m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text

Essanet Limited’s revenue grew 5% to £68.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £2.3m profit and 55 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in Milton Keynes; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection N · Administrative and support servicesSIC 82990Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Status
Active
Location
Milton Keynes, South East
Age
25 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. From the filing: “The company is wholly owned by Essanet Trustee Limited, acting as trustee of the Employee Ownership Trust. As the trust does not have an ultimate controlling shareholder or controlling entity, the Com”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2025

Key figures

Capital-lightOperating leverageCash flow filed
Revenue
£68.3m
Growth ▲5%
Profit
£2.3m
Growth ▲83.1%
Profit margin
3.4%
Gross 11.3%
Employees
55
Change ▲3.8%
Profit / employee
£42k
Revenue/employee £1.2m
Profitable streak
2yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

2 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Dec 202431 Dec 2025
DisclosureFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£65m£68.3m
Cost of sales£58.3m£60.5m
Gross profit£6.7m£7.7m
Operating profit£1.5m£3.1m
Profit before tax£1.8m£3.1m
Profit after tax£1.3m£2.3m
Profit (best available)£1.3m£2.3m
Staff costs£2m£2.3m
Employees (average)5355
Ratios
Profit margin1.9%3.4%
Gross margin10.3%11.3%
Revenue per employee£1.2m£1.2m
Profit per employee£23.8k£42k
Cash conversion−221.4%−61.4%
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲5%
Profit growth—▲83.1%
Headcount growth—▲3.8%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£2.2m£3.2m
Net assets£2.8m£3.1m
Fixed assets£327k£141k
Current assets£9.3m£11.4m
Debtors£2.1m£2.4m
Deferred income£70k£83.4k
Cash from operations−£3.3m−£1.9m
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
3.4%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
11.3%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£1.2m
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£42k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
−61.4%
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
0.2%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
0.1%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
3.5%
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
▲11%
Now £3.1m
Cash at bank
▲46%
Now £3.2m
Headcount
▲4%
Now 55
Deferred income
▲19%
Now £83.4k
Fixed assets
▼57%
Now £141k

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Essanet Trustee Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Essanet 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).

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Sources

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £2.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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