Wirehive Limited
Registered name: WIREHIVE LIMITED
Part of PAX8 UK Limited groupWirehive Limited made £100m revenue and a £90.7k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Wirehive Limited’s revenue grew 44% to £100m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £90.7k and 0 employees. The company is classified under “other information technology service activities” and is based in Farnborough; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Farnborough, South East
- Age
- 21 yrs · since 2005
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £39.5m | £69.7m | £100m |
| Cost of sales | — | £37.7m | £68.9m | £100m |
| Gross profit | — | £1.8m | £821k | −£20.3k |
| Operating profit | — | £326k | £336k | −£90.7k |
| Profit before tax | — | £288k | £270k | −£90.7k |
| Profit after tax | — | £298k | £286k | −£90.7k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £298k | £286k | −£90.7k |
| Staff costs | — | £410k | £0 | — |
| Employees (average) | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 0.8% | 0.4% | −0.1% |
| Gross margin | — | 4.5% | 1.2% | 0% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £7.9m | — | — |
| Profit per employee | — | £59.5k | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲76.4% | ▲43.6% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼4% | ▼131.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼79.2% | ▼100% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3.3m | £2.2m | £219k | £2.1m |
| Net assets | £47.2k | £345k | £630k | £540k |
| Fixed assets | £652k | £410k | £0 | — |
| Current assets | £4.4m | £12.2m | £20.4m | £30.7m |
| Debtors | £235k | £215k | £121k | £9.2k |
| Deferred income | — | £3.5m | £4.3m | £7.1m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 0%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- 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
- 7.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- ▼14%
- Now £540k
- Cash at bank
- ▲841%
- Now £2.1m
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- ▲67%
- Now £7.1m
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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
- PAX8 UK Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Wirehive 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 −£90.7k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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