Absolute Software Emea Limited
Registered name: ABSOLUTE SOFTWARE EMEA LIMITED
Absolute Software Emea Limited made £20.6m revenue and £1.1m profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Absolute Software Emea Limited’s revenue fell 21% to £20.6m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £1.1m profit and 48 employees. The company is classified under “security systems service activities” and is based in London; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 20 yrs · since 2006
- 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: “Activate Holdings (US) Corp”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2021 | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £18.9m | £16.1m | £26.1m | £20.6m |
| Cost of sales | — | £14.5m | £7.3m | £15.7m | £9.3m |
| Gross profit | — | £4.4m | £8.8m | £10.3m | £11.3m |
| Operating profit | — | £831k | £282k | £977k | £1.3m |
| Profit before tax | — | £831k | £282k | £977k | £1.5m |
| Profit after tax | £941k | £854k | £272k | £756k | £1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £941k | £854k | £272k | £756k | £1.1m |
| Staff costs | — | £2.8m | £5.6m | £7.1m | £7.9m |
| Employees (average) | 18 | 20 | 37 | 38 | 48 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | — | 4.5% | 1.7% | 2.9% | 5.2% |
| Gross margin | — | 23.1% | 54.4% | 39.7% | 55% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £944k | £435k | £686k | £429k |
| Profit per employee | £52.3k | £42.7k | £7.3k | £19.9k | £22.2k |
| Cash conversion | — | 207.3% | 94.1% | 118.7% | 575.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼14.8% | ▲61.9% | ▼20.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼9.2% | ▼68.2% | ▲178.4% | ▲40.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲11.1% | ▲85% | ▲2.7% | ▲26.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £1m | £1.5m | £1.7m | £2.8m | £10.5m |
| Net assets | −£3.2m | −£2.2m | −£1.5m | −£694k | £273k |
| Fixed assets | £18.6k | £1.3m | £1.2m | £1.1m | £1m |
| Current assets | £3.6m | £17.4m | £23.3m | £19.5m | £20.4m |
| Debtors | £2.1m | £7.9m | £3.5m | £4.9m | £4.5m |
| Deferred income | £253k | £585k | £386k | £1.3m | £1.3m |
| Cash from operations | — | £1.7m | £265k | £1.2m | £7.7m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 55%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £429k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £22.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 575.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 6.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 22%
- 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 £273k
- Cash at bank
- ▲270%
- Now £10.5m
- Headcount
- ▲26%
- Now 48
- Deferred income
- ▲3%
- Now £1.3m
- Fixed assets
- ▼5%
- Now £1m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit £1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 14 Oct 2026
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