Proofpoint Limited
Registered name: PROOFPOINT LIMITED
Proofpoint Limited made £81.1m revenue and £3.5m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Proofpoint Limited’s revenue fell 11% to £81.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £3.5m profit and 505 employees. The company is classified under “other information technology service activities” and is based in Bury ST. Edmunds; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bury ST. Edmunds, East of England
- Age
- 22 yrs · since 2004
- Type
- Private Limited Company
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 | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £91m | £91.3m | £81.1m |
| Operating profit | £6.2m | £5.1m | £4.9m |
| Profit before tax | £6.2m | £5.1m | £5m |
| Profit after tax | £4.8m | £3.9m | £3.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £4.8m | £3.9m | £3.5m |
| Employees (average) | 545 | 520 | 505 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 5.2% | 4.3% | 4.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £167k | £176k | £161k |
| Profit per employee | £8.7k | £7.6k | £7k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲0.3% | ▼11.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼17.3% | ▼10.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4.6% | ▼2.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £161k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7k
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼3%
- Now 505
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Proofpoint Ni LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £3.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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