Evolve B G Limited
Registered name: EVOLVE B G LIMITED
Part of Evolve B G Holdings Limited groupEvolve B G Limited made £20.7m revenue and £1.9m profit in the year to 31 Jan 2025.
Evolve B G Limited’s revenue grew 44% to £20.7m in the year to 31 Jan 2025, with £1.9m profit and 117 employees. The company is classified under “specialised design activities” and is based in Wigan; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Wigan, North West
- Age
- 20 yrs · since 2005
- 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 Jan 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £14.4m | £20.7m |
| Cost of sales | — | £8.2m | £10.8m |
| Gross profit | — | £6.2m | £9.9m |
| Operating profit | — | −£290k | £1.8m |
| Profit before tax | — | −£718k | £2.1m |
| Profit after tax | £1.4m | −£734k | £1.9m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.4m | −£734k | £1.9m |
| Staff costs | — | £2.9m | £5.6m |
| Employees (average) | 38 | 70 | 117 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | −5.1% | 9.3% |
| Gross margin | — | 43% | 47.9% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £206k | £177k |
| Profit per employee | £36.4k | −£10.5k | £16.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲43.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼153% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲84.2% | ▲67.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £670k | £495k | £4.7m |
| Net assets | £2.2m | £1.1m | £2.8m |
| Fixed assets | £2.9m | £2.5m | £2.8m |
| Current assets | £2.2m | £3.5m | £8.1m |
| Debtors | £875k | £2.1m | £2m |
| Deferred income | £124k | £762k | £3.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 9.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 47.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £177k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £16.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 13.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 15.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 9.8%
- 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
- ▲156%
- Now £2.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲847%
- Now £4.7m
- Headcount
- ▲67%
- Now 117
- Deferred income
- ▲319%
- Now £3.2m
- Fixed assets
- ▲11%
- Now £2.8m
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
- Evolve B G Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Evolve B G 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 Jan 2025 (profit £1.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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