Pure IP Limited
Registered name: PURE IP LIMITED
Part of BCM One UK International Limited groupPure IP Limited made £14.2m revenue and £529k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Pure IP Limited’s revenue grew 4% to £14.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £529k profit and 49 employees. The company is classified under “other telecommunications activities” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 22 yrs · since 2004
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £13.7m | £14.2m |
| Cost of sales | — | £3.5m | £2.9m |
| Gross profit | — | £10.2m | £11.3m |
| Operating profit | — | £104k | £586k |
| Profit before tax | — | £104k | £585k |
| Profit after tax | £1.7m | £75.2k | £529k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.7m | £75.2k | £529k |
| Staff costs | — | £6.1m | £3.9m |
| Employees (average) | 45 | 50 | 49 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | 0.5% | 3.7% |
| Gross margin | — | 74.5% | 79.5% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £274k | £290k |
| Profit per employee | £37.7k | £1.5k | £10.8k |
| Cash conversion | — | 1501% | 637.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲3.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼95.6% | ▲604.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲11.1% | ▼2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £796k | £1.7m | £5m |
| Net assets | £891k | £482k | £1m |
| Fixed assets | £278k | £238k | £621k |
| Current assets | £4.4m | £7.4m | £14.5m |
| Debtors | £3.4m | £4.1m | £4m |
| Deferred income | £473k | £604k | £1.3m |
| Cash from operations | £2.6m | £1.6m | £3.7m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 79.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £290k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £10.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 637.8%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 9.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 28.4%
- 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
- ▲110%
- Now £1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲187%
- Now £5m
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 49
- Deferred income
- ▲116%
- Now £1.3m
- Fixed assets
- ▲161%
- Now £621k
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
- BCM One UK International Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Pure IP 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 2024 (profit £529k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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