The Accounting Centre Limited
Registered name: THE ACCOUNTING CENTRE LIMITED
Part of The Accounting Centre Holdings Limited groupThe Accounting Centre Limited made £1.3m revenue and £414k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
The Accounting Centre Limited’s revenue grew 8% to £1.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £414k profit and 12 employees. The company is classified under “accounting and auditing activities” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 23 yrs · since 2003
- 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 and ultimate parent is The Accounting Centre Holdings Limited, a company registered in England.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £1.2m | £1.3m |
| Cost of sales | — | £550k | £566k |
| Gross profit | — | £646k | £731k |
| Operating profit | — | £480k | £558k |
| Profit before tax | — | £481k | £557k |
| Profit after tax | — | £393k | £414k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £393k | £414k |
| Employees (average) | 12 | 11 | 12 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | 32.9% | 31.9% |
| Gross margin | — | 54% | 56.4% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £109k | £108k |
| Profit per employee | — | £35.8k | £34.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲8.5% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲5.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▲9.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £20k | £420k | £482k |
| Net assets | £417k | £676k | £655k |
| Fixed assets | £25.7k | £5.4k | £1 |
| Current assets | £497k | £840k | £886k |
| Debtors | £39.7k | £46.6k | £45.1k |
| Deferred income | £64k | £141 | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 31.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 56.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £108k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £34.5k
- 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
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3.5%
- 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
- ▼3%
- Now £655k
- Cash at bank
- ▲15%
- Now £482k
- Headcount
- ▲9%
- Now 12
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼100%
- Now £1
Group structure
Ownership chain
- The Accounting Centre Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- The Accounting Centre Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Khan Thornton 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 £414k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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