The Afo Network Limited
Registered name: THE AFO NETWORK LIMITED
Part of Afo Topco Limited groupThe Afo Network Limited made a £613k loss in the year to 30 Nov 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
The Afo Network Limited reported a loss of £613k in the year to 30 Nov 2025; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 72 employees. The company is classified under “public relations and communications activities” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 24 yrs · since 2001
- 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: “T”
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Nov 2022 | 30 Nov 2023 | 30 Nov 2024 | 30 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10.9m | £10.1m | £10.5m | — |
| Cost of sales | £6.8m | £6.7m | £6.2m | £6.4m |
| Gross profit | £4.1m | £3.4m | £4.3m | — |
| Operating profit | £1.8m | £1.1m | £1.3m | — |
| Profit before tax | £2.1m | £1.1m | £6.1m | −£639k |
| Profit after tax | £1.6m | £792k | £5.7m | −£613k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.6m | £792k | £5.7m | −£613k |
| Staff costs | £3.7m | £4.7m | £4.1m | £4.8m |
| Employees (average) | 57 | 72 | 75 | 72 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 15.2% | 7.9% | 54.3% | — |
| Gross margin | 37.5% | 33.8% | 40.9% | — |
| Revenue per employee | £191k | £140k | £140k | — |
| Profit per employee | £28.9k | £11k | £76.1k | −£8.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼7.5% | ▲4.5% | — |
| Profit growth | — | ▼51.9% | ▲620.3% | ▼110.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲26.3% | ▲4.2% | ▼4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.4m | £411k | £699k | £89.3k |
| Net assets | £2.1m | £2.9m | £596k | −£17k |
| Fixed assets | £813k | £6.8m | £6.8m | £6.5m |
| Current assets | £5.8m | £7.1m | £6.1m | £5m |
| Debtors | £3.2m | £3.3m | £2.2m | £1.6m |
| Deferred income | £1.3m | £1.4m | £772k | £663k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£8.5k
- 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
- ▼103%
- Now −£17k
- Cash at bank
- ▼87%
- Now £89.3k
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 72
- Deferred income
- ▼14%
- Now £663k
- Fixed assets
- ▼4%
- Now £6.5m
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
- Afo Topco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Afo Midco 1 Limited75–100%
- Afo Midco 2 Limited75–100%
- Afo Bidco Limited75–100%
- The Afo Network Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (3)
- Censuswide LimitedRev. £17.1m · Profit £7m
- Sassy Films LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Throughthei 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 30 Nov 2025 (profit −£613k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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