Associated Continuity Teams Limited
Registered name: ASSOCIATED CONTINUITY TEAMS LIMITED
Part of Associated Continuity Teams Holdings Limited groupAssociated Continuity Teams Limited made £8.7m revenue and £208k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Associated Continuity Teams Limited’s revenue was £8.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £208k profit and 477 employees. The company is classified under “other service activities” and is based in London; we hold 4 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 May 2022 | 31 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10.8m | £13m | £15.7m | £8.7m |
| Cost of sales | £8.4m | £10.5m | £12.8m | £7m |
| Gross profit | £2.3m | £2.5m | £2.9m | £1.7m |
| Operating profit | £538k | £478k | £684k | £278k |
| Profit before tax | £538k | £478k | £684k | £277k |
| Profit after tax | £437k | £394k | £503k | £208k |
| Profit (best available) | £437k | £394k | £503k | £208k |
| Staff costs | £8.8m | £11m | £13.4m | £7.4m |
| Employees (average) | 433 | 566 | 574 | 477 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4% | 3% | 3.2% | 2.4% |
| Gross margin | 21.8% | 19.6% | 18.6% | 19.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £24.9k | £23k | £27.4k | £18.2k |
| Profit per employee | £1k | £695 | £876 | £437 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲20.7% | ▲21.1% | — |
| Profit growth | — | ▼9.9% | ▲27.8% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲30.7% | ▲1.4% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £131k | £45.7k | £177k | £401k |
| Net assets | £2.9m | £3.3m | £3.8m | £4m |
| Fixed assets | £52k | £110k | £209k | £189k |
| Current assets | £5m | £5m | £5.4m | £5.7m |
| Debtors | £1.7m | £1.8m | £1.9m | £1.8m |
| Deferred income | £830k | £750k | £815k | £762k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 19.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £18.2k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £437
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 8.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 20.4%
- 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 £4m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £401k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 477
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £762k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £189k
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
- Associated Continuity Teams Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Associated Continuity Teams Bidco Limited75–100%
- Associated Continuity Teams Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Act Clean LimitedFigures not disclosed
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 £208k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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