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Company No. 04331572 · Incorporated 29 Nov 2001

Abacus Direct Limited

Registered name: ABACUS DIRECT LIMITED

Part of Newbury Investments Holdings Limited group

Abacus Direct Limited made £15.7m revenue and £1.2m profit in the year to 30 Dec 2024. read from filing text

Abacus Direct Limited’s revenue fell 17% to £15.7m in the year to 30 Dec 2024, with £1.2m profit and 38 employees. The company is classified under “dormant company” and is based in Newbury; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSIC 99999Dormant Company
Status
Active
Location
Newbury, South East
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: “The immediate parent company is Abacus Direct Holdings Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales.”

Latest accounts · year to 30 Dec 2024

Key figures

Capital-light
Revenue
£15.7m
Growth ▼16.8%
Profit
£1.2m
Growth ▲36%
Profit margin
7.6%
Gross 28.9%
Employees
38
Change ▼39.7%
Profit / employee
£31.2k
Revenue/employee £412k
Profitable streak
3yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

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

3 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Dec 202231 Dec 202330 Dec 2024
DisclosureFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£19.3m£18.8m£15.7m
Cost of sales£13.7m£12.9m£11.1m
Gross profit£5.6m£5.9m£4.5m
Operating profit£977k£1.5m£1.7m
Profit before tax£836k£1.2m£1.6m
Profit after tax£879k£873k£1.2m
Profit (best available)£879k£873k£1.2m
Staff costs£2.1m£2.1m£1.4m
Employees (average)646338
Ratios
Profit margin4.5%4.6%7.6%
Gross margin29.1%31.4%28.9%
Revenue per employee£302k£299k£412k
Profit per employee£13.7k£13.8k£31.2k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▼2.7%▼16.8%
Profit growth—▼0.8%▲36%
Headcount growth—▼1.6%▼39.7%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£716k£618k£0
Net assets£8.1m£8.6m£5.6m
Fixed assets£5.2m£5m£0
Current assets£10.8m£9.7m£7.4m
Debtors£2.2m£2.4m£0
Deferred income£413k£85.4k£0
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
7.6%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
28.9%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£412k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£31.2k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
0%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
0%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
0%
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
▼34%
Now £5.6m
Cash at bank
▼100%
Now £0
Headcount
▼40%
Now 38
Deferred income
▼100%
Now £0
Fixed assets
▼100%
Now £0

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. Newbury Investments Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Newbury Investments (UK) Limited75–100%
  3. Abacus Direct Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Sister companies (57)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Dec 2024 (profit £1.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026

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