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Company No. 05802063 · Incorporated 2 May 2006

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.

Full P&L filedSection N · Administrative and support servicesSIC 80200Security systems service activities
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”

Latest accounts · year to 30 Jun 2025

Key figures

Capital-lightCash flow filed
Revenue
£20.6m
Growth ▼20.9%
Profit
£1.1m
Growth ▲40.6%
Profit margin
5.2%
Gross 55%
Employees
48
Change ▲26.3%
Profit / employee
£22.2k
Revenue/employee £429k
Profitable streak
5yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

5 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to30 Jun 202130 Jun 202230 Jun 202330 Jun 202430 Jun 2025
DisclosureProfit onlyFull P&LFull P&LFull P&LFull 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)1820373848
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
SourceAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026
Derived from the latest filing

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.
Indirect — not revenue

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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