Active Pathways Limited
Registered name: ACTIVE PATHWAYS LIMITED
Part of Active Pathways Group Ltd groupActive Pathways Limited made £6.7m revenue and £174k profit in the year to 31 May 2025.
Active Pathways Limited’s revenue grew 24% to £6.7m in the year to 31 May 2025, with £174k profit and 112 employees. The company is classified under “hospital activities” and is based in Chorley; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chorley, North West
- 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: “Active Pathways Holdings Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 May 2022 | 31 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 | 31 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £5m | £4.7m | £5.4m | £6.7m |
| Cost of sales | £2.8m | £2.9m | £3.2m | £3.9m |
| Gross profit | £2.3m | £1.8m | £2.2m | £2.8m |
| Operating profit | £1.2m | £459k | £525k | — |
| Profit before tax | £997k | £120k | £57k | £388k |
| Profit after tax | £790k | £458k | −£59.7k | £174k |
| Profit (best available) | £790k | £458k | −£59.7k | £174k |
| Staff costs | £2.9m | £2.8m | £3m | £3.8m |
| Employees (average) | 124 | 113 | 104 | 112 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 15.7% | 9.7% | −1.1% | 2.6% |
| Gross margin | 45.4% | 38.2% | 40.8% | 42% |
| Revenue per employee | £40.7k | £41.8k | £51.7k | £59.6k |
| Profit per employee | £6.4k | £4.1k | −£574 | £1.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼6.3% | ▲13.7% | ▲24.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼42% | ▼113% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼8.9% | ▼8% | ▲7.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.6m | £1.5m | £595k | £1.1m |
| Net assets | £3.4m | £3.1m | £3m | £3.1m |
| Fixed assets | £4.2m | £4.4m | £4.3m | £4.2m |
| Current assets | £8.6m | £7.6m | £7.6m | £8.3m |
| Debtors | £1.2m | £357k | £1m | £799k |
| Deferred income | £13.4k | £1.3k | £23.4k | £46.6k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data May 2024 | Accounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 42%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £59.6k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 62.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 12%
- 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 £3.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲80%
- Now £1.1m
- Headcount
- ▲8%
- Now 112
- Deferred income
- ▲99%
- Now £46.6k
- Fixed assets
- ▼3%
- Now £4.2m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Active Pathways Group Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Active Pathways Holdings Limited75–100%
- Active Pathways 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 May 2025 (profit £174k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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